Kane County

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued a disaster proclamation for numerous counties throughout the state to help with recovery efforts following looting and civil unrest over the weekend. The proclamation covers Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Madison, Macon, Sangamon and Will counties, Pritzker announced during a press conference Monday. “(This order) will allow us to coordinate with state agencies...

Large festivals and shows will not be allowed in Illinois until the state reaches the final stage of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s phased plan to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic and as a result, several events have gone virtual, been postponed or even canceled. Earlier this month, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a five-phase plan to reopen the state, with phase five...

Kane County Sheriff’s deputies say three teens were injured when their car slammed into a tree in unincorporated Rutland Township on Saturday night. According to police, the vehicle, driven by a 15-year-old girl, was driving eastbound on Powers Road at approximately 9:15 p.m. when it went around a curve, veered off the road and crashed into a tree. The...

A man is facing over a dozen charges after allegedly abusing two children between 1997 and 2003 in west suburban Aurora. Manuel Marquez-Garcia, 57, was charged with ten counts of criminal sexual assault, four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under 13, Aurora police said. Two women came forward…

A 40-year-old Aurora man was allegedly intoxicated when he spat on a police officer after crashing a car with kids inside in the west suburbs, according to prosecutors. Waldemar Montalvo, Jr., faces felony counts of aggravated DUI and aggravated assault of a police officer, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office said in a statement. Shortly before midnight on March...

March 10 briefing: “We again want to encourage people to start thinking and preparing now in the event they are not able to go to work, if schools are closed, if public transportation is not available, and how else their lives will be disrupted by this outbreak,” said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike.

March 10 briefing: Eight additional coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Illinois, bringing the state’s total to 19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday.

March 12 briefing: Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a ban on large gatherings of 1,000 people or more in Illinois Thursday.

Illinois has seven new confirmed cases of coronavirus, health officials announced Thursday, bringing the state’s total to 32. “The young child in Chicago is a reminder that anyone can be infected with this virus,” IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said. Among the new cases is a child, who is said to be in good condition at home. The update came…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a ban on all large gatherings of 1,000 people or more in Illinois as the number of coronavirus cases in the state continues to rise. Pritzker also asked that all gatherings of 250 people or more also be postponed amid the outbreak. The ban will be in effect until May 1. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot…

Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day parades and the city’s iconic river dyeing have been postponed amid coronavirus concerns, city officials announced Wednesday. The downtown Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which was set for Saturday, as well as Sunday’s South Side Irish Parade and the Northwest Side parades will not step off as a coronavirus outbreak continues to bring more cases...

Illinois has six new confirmed cases of coronavirus, health officials announced Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 25. The update came during the state’s daily coronavirus press briefing. “With these new cases, we are seeing more spread in our community, and again I echo the governor’s comments that we need to be mindful if anyone is experiencing symptoms, has...

Illinois has six new confirmed cases of coronavirus, health officials announced Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 25. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports Wednesday’s latest.

With Chicago at the center of an outbreak of coronavirus cases in Illinois, many are wondering what this will mean for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the city. State officials have been urging people, particularly elderly residents, to avoid mass gatherings in the area and several other locations, including Boston and Dublin have canceled their events amid an outbreak....

Eight additional coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Illinois, bringing the state’s total to 19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday. Two of the eight cases are outside of Cook County, including one with ties to Lake and McHenry Counties and one in Kane County, health officials said. The cases include a teenage resident of McHenry County and a woman...

Kane County has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, according to county health officials. A person in the west suburban county has tested positive for the disease, Kane County Health Department spokeswoman Susan Stack said Tuesday. Details about the case will be discussed Tuesday afternoon in a news conference with Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Stack said. (Watch live here)

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…

At least one horse is dead after a large fire was reported at a boarding facility Friday night in northwest suburban Kane County. First responders were called to the scene at approximately 9:12 p.m. Friday at Tower Hill Stables, which is located at 12N254 Tower Rd. in suburban Hampshire. Helicopter video from the scene showed flames pouring out of stables…

A former teacher in Carpentersville was sentenced to a decade in prison for sexually assaulting two of her former students. Lindsey P. Anderson, 31, pleaded guilty to felony counts of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse for crimes prosecutors said she committed between July 2013 and May 2015. While Anderson’s victims were not students of hers when the…

An employee at a west suburban Aurora mental health facility has been charged for allegedly choking a student with special needs in October, prosecutors said Monday. Jacquetta Hill, 35, was charged with aggravated battery, battery and child endangerment. On Oct. 19, police said Hill, who was working at Northern Illinois Academy in Aurora, placed her hands around the victim’s neck…