A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for breaking into an Elgin home and sexually assaulting a woman in 2018. Anthony G. Onofre pleaded guilty to felony counts of home invasion and criminal sexual assault, according to a statement from the Kane County state’s attorney’s office. Prosecutors said Onofore entered the apartment of a woman he did…

The story of how two Elgin police officers helped a young girl who they discovered was living alone and out of food while attending high school is sweeping social media. A video that was posted by the Elgin Police Department earlier this month has been watched more than 4.1 million times and shared by thousands. It recaps the story of…

The story of how two Elgin police officers helped a young girl who they discovered was living alone and out of food while attending high school is sweeping social media. (Credit: Elgin Police Department)

Crowds packed a suburban chapel, with lines out the door as people came to pay their respects to a veteran many had never met. Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin had put out a call for people to attend the services for Vietnam war veteran John James Murphy because his family couldn’t be found. But he was buried with another...

Crowds packed a suburban chapell, with lines out the door as people came to pay their respects to a veteran many had never met. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the details.

A funeral home had put out a call for people to attend the services for Vietnam war veteran John James Murphy because his family couldn’t be found. An expressway procession followed the funeral.

A suburban Chicago funeral home is asking people to attend the services for a veteran whose family hasn’t been found. Vietnam war veteran John James Murphy, 71, passed away on Dec. 18, an obituary reads on Symonds-Madison Funeral Home’s website. Murphy, who was born in Chicago but spent his later years in Elgin, was a jet engine mechanic in the…

John James Murphy, a Vietnam veteran, died last month at the age of 71, but authorities could not locate his family. In absence of family, the funeral home hosting Murphy’s services Wednesday is inviting the public to attend. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home, 305 Park St. The service follows at 11 a.m.

The Illinois High School Association is investigating claims that student fans at a high school girls basketball game west of Chicago subjected members of a visiting team to racist and body-shaming chants and slurs. Officials from Bishop McNamara Catholic School in Kankakee say the ugly behavior was on display Saturday during their varsity team’s game against St. Edward Catholic...

A 14-year-old girl was seriously wounded by stray gunfire Tuesday near a grade school in west suburban Elgin. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the latest.

A 14-year-old girl was seriously wounded by stray gunfire Tuesday near a grade school in west suburban Elgin. The shooting happened about 4 p.m. near the intersection of Washburn and Billings streets outside Lowrie Elementary School, Elgin police said in a statement. Someone in a vehicle began shooting toward other vehicles nearby, but struck the 14-year-old girl instead, police said….

Two suburban Chicago brothers sought on arrest warrants issued in the fatal shooting of a man during an altercation last week are in custody.

A man died Sunday after suffering a heart-related event while driving and crashing his vehicle in Elgin.

Mysterious boom sounds in the middle of night have residents in Elgin tired and looking for answers.

Firefighters rescued several pets from a house fire Saturday afternoon in northwest suburban Elgin.

An Elgin man who videotaped his fellow gang members raping a barely conscious woman was sentenced to prison Wednesday, making him the last among a trio of defendants to be punished for the brutal 2014 assault.

Florence — which was once a hurricane and now is a tropical depression — is being blamed for at least 32 deaths in the Carolinas and Virginia. Twenty-five were in North Carolina. Officials in those states are still worried about what’s to come, because it’s still raining and rivers are swelling. Several of the people who died in recent days...

Two Chicago men were charged with shooting two other men to death Sunday afternoon in northwest suburban Elgin.