Streamwood News

A Cook County judge set bail at $50,000 Friday for a Streamwood man who prosecutors say molested a teenager over an extended period of time.

Aurora Police Officer Pedro 'Pete' Rodriguez was named Thursday as the Officer of the Year by the Kane County Chiefs of Police Association for taking quick action to stop a shooting in progress.

Luis Gonzalez hoists up Lupe Pena as they embrace after their South Elgin High School commencement ceremony at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Saturday.

Timera Branch, left, killed John Keyes III, right, of Elgin, Illinois. Branch, 36, formerly of Streamwood, is serving a 34-year prison sentence following her 2011 conviction on murder charges.

Percy Julian Middle School assistant principal Sam LeDeaux was named as new principal of Horace Mann Elementary School this week.

ELGIN – Nick's Pizza and Pub, 990 S. Randall Road, Elgin, will host a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, to support Streamwood resident Spencer Crane, who – at the age of 12 – was diagnosed with a rare form of Miller Fisher/Guillain–Barre-Strohl disease.

A young man armed with a rifle robbed a Streamwood gas station of $154.68 in cash and merchandise just after 1 a.m. Sunday.

Vehicle ramming and fight: Two Elgin men have been arrested following a fistfight in the 600 block of St.

If you know the police are onto your indoor marijuana-growing operation, it's probably not a good idea to burn the evidence in the fireplace.

Lamont C. Harris-Hines, 21, of the 0-99 block of Gant Circle in Streamwood, appeared in bond court Thursday on a felony theft charge, according to court documents.