For residents interested in running for City Council, St. Charles is making nomination packets available starting Aug. 21 for next year's local election, when five aldermanic seats and the city clerk are on the ballot.

A Campton Township man has been charged with 44 felonies related to the possession and production of child sexual abuse material using artificial intelligence, Kane County authorities said.

A Kane County jury has found a Streamwood man guilty of sexual assaulting and strangling a child in Elgin. He faces six and 67 years in prison.

Sleepy Hollow Trustee Jennifer L. McGuire was charged with felony possession of a stolen vehicle under the name of Jennifer L. Noor, public records show. She's also not attended board meetings for months, and a police report alleges the elected official no longer lives in town

Authorities in Kane County responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash in the Big Rock area Monday, and a road in the area was shut down.

A Sugar Grove man who pleaded guilty in the hit-and-run death of his elderly neighbor Elaine Zielke was sentenced to 36 months of probation. His lawyer said he accepted responsibility.

Geneva police will implement temporary parking restrictions for the upcoming Concours d’Elegance from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 on Third Street in the city’s downtown

Construction on an extension of the Great Western Trail in Sycamore begins Aug. 17, the Sycamore Park District announced. The trail follows nearly 19 miles of the former Chicago Great Western Railway corridor, connecting LeRoy Oaks Forest Preserve in St. Charles to Sycamore.

University of Illinois Extension will hold a free open house with gardening, environment and wellness activities at the Kane County Idea Garden.

Campton Hills author Richard Holinger released two new books, one of short fiction, the other of essays.