Yorkville woman dies after being struck by pickup in Melrose Park
A Yorkville woman died Saturday after a pickup truck struck her as she crossed a street in Melrose Park, police said. Vanessa Pierce, 26, of the 2800 block of Cryeer...
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Officials name Bartlett man killed in Sugar Grove crash
The Kane County Sheriff's Office has released the identity of a 36-year-old Bartlett man killed in a Saturday afternoon crash in an unincorporated area of Sugar Grove Township. Yonathan M....
Judge asked to dismiss Delnor hostage incident lawsuit
Kane County, one of its corrections officers and a private security company are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit faulting them in the May 13 hostage incident at...
Aurora improperly withheld video of traffic stop before death of Aurora teen, state rules
The city of Aurora improperly withheld video of the police traffic stop that preceded the death of an Aurora teen who exchanged gunfire with police and shot himself in the...
Deaths of stepfather, stepson found in Aurora basement likely drug-induced, police say
The deaths of an Aurora stepfather and stepson found in their basement Monday morning appear drug-related, according to police. Jesus Mancilla-Nunez, 57, and his 29-year-old stepson, Jamie Vazquez Jr., were...
10-hour standoff between cops, 3-foot lizard ends peacefully
A 3-foot pet lizard held authorities at bay for more than 10 hours Wednesday after it holed up in a storm drain in Yorkville. By the time the 6-year-old female...
4 Yorkville High students sent to hospital after Freon leak
Four students were taken to area hospitals after a Freon leak Wednesday at Yorkville High School. Shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, a foggy haze fell on two of the high...
Limits placed on what lawyers in Hastert civil case can tell reporters
A Kendall County judge Monday imposed limits on what lawyers in a civil case involving former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert can tell reporters. Though Hastert's federal prison sentence for...
Sheridan man dies after Yorkville crash
Toxicology results are pending for a 26-year-old man killed in a two-car crash early Wednesday on a state road in Yorkville. Matthew R. Butler, 26, of Sheridan, died from blunt...
Lawsuit: Hostage situation at Delnor hospital gave patient PTSD
A woman who says she was a patient at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital when a Kane County inmate admitted there for medical treatment took two nurses hostage is suing the...