A Wauconda man detained until trial for possessing numerous child sexual abuse material files on his phone and computer was previously warned by Google to stop downloading child pornography, Lake County authorities said.

The Office of the Chief Judge responded Tuesday night to the use of electronic monitoring following the attack on the CTA Blue Line last week, when a woman on the train was set on fire. 

Federal court officials are speaking out about the rising number of threats against district judges in the wake of several high-profile cases heard and rulings issued by the Northern District Court of Illinois.

A 61-year-old Wauconda man was arrested Thursday after Wauconda police executed a search warrant prompted by multiple tips from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, officials said.

A mother and grandmother of two children filed a lawsuit alleging David Hanson used hidden cameras to record them while they were undressed and receiving red light or near-infrared-light therapy. Hanson has also been charged in Kane County criminal court.

An Illinois Appellate Court recently dismissed the appeal by a former police officer of a pension board's denial of pension benefits because he violated Illinois Supreme Court Rules when he filed an appellate brief almost wholly created with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). Pletcher v. Village of Libertyville Police Pension Board.

Justice Elizabeth Rochford of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for an At-Large Circuit Judge vacancy in the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Kane County. The vacancy will be created by the retirement of Judge Kevin T. Busch on January 29, 2026.