Kendall County

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Kendall County during Saturday’s severe weather, with the twister moving through before lifting off the ground in Kane County.

Intense winds ripped through portions of the Chicago area Saturday, tearing the roof off a suburban apartment building and causing power outages for more than 30,000 people.

Based on newly released data, DuPage was ranked the healthiest county across Illinois, with Kendall, Lake and McHenry counties following closely behind.

The Kendall County Health Department has announced that anyone who lives or works in the county will now be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine.

The Kendall County Health Department has opened up COVID vaccine eligibility to anyone who lives or works in the county and Lake County will open a new mass vaccination site Thursday.

Illinois expanded COVID-19 vaccine access to another group of essential workers Monday, as Chicago moved into the next phase of its vaccine rollout, Phase 1C. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Eleven people were injured when a car rear-ended a hayride wagon Saturday evening in suburban Little Rock Township. A 22-year-old DeKalb woman was driving west on River Road at 5:37 p.m. when her vehicle rear-ended the hay wagon between Blackhawk Road and Fox River Drive, according to a statement from the Kendall County sheriff’s office.

A northern Illinois woman has been ticketed for driving her car into a hayride wagon carrying 14 adult passengers, injuring 11 of them.

Eleven people sustained injuries in a horrific crash involving a hayride wagon and car Saturday evening in suburban Kendall County. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Twelve people were injured in a crash involving a hayride and car on Saturday evening in rural Kendall County, police said.

The Dennis Hastert case appears to be headed for trial. If that happens, Hastert’s publicity-shy accuser, the man who exposed the former Speaker and caused his stellar political image to come crashing down, will almost certainly have to step into the spotlight.

The man who first raised sexual abuse allegations against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been rebuffed in efforts to reopen Hastert’s federal case. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

A Kendall County judge has refused to throw out the case of a man who says Dennis Hastert still owes him over a million dollars in hush money. Barring a settlement, the case could go to trial in November.

Did you know Metra is one of the oldest fleets of rail cars in the Midwest? Over half are more than 40 years old and soon, riders will see some upgrades.

An Illinois appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to toss a lawsuit alleging former House Speaker Dennis Hastert sexually abused a fourth-grader in the 1970s, saying it agreed the accuser filed the suit too late.

Police say a man suspected of killing two people in LaSalle County killed himself after officers found him at a house in Kendall County.

More than 16,000 ComEd customers were without power Wednesday night, the energy company said.

Dennis Hastert had a problem. He had agreed to pay hush money to a former wrestler, to keep evidence of past sexual abuse secret. But the deal he made involved a lot of money.

A man is facing multiple charges after speeding away from a traffic stop at more than 100 mph last week in west suburban Montgomery.