Author: Paul Stukel

Update: According to police, on Sunday at approximately 3:00pm a missing person report was filed at the Elgin Police Department regarding a male subject who closely matched the description of the male who went into the Fox River. Photos were shown to the family, and he was tentatively identified as being the same individual involved in Friday’s incident. Scheduled recovery efforts by the Elgin Fire and Police Departments will continue throughout the week. Detectives from the Police Department’s Major Investigations Division are actively investigating the incident. Currently the identity of the male is being withheld pending recovery and a positive…

A 53-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 20 years stabbing his girlfriend eleven times in a Naperville hotel room in 2022. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced Monday that Willie Tidwell, formerly of the 300 block of West North Avenue in Chicago, has been sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by Judge Margaret O’Connell. On December 10, 2025, Tidwell entered a plea of guilty to one count of Attempted Murder, a Class X Felony. According to prosecutors, on September 10, 2022, at approximately 9:17pm, Tidwell, who was involved in a romantic relationship with the…

Update: After searching the Fox River Friday and Saturday, the Elgin Fire Department has terminated the effort having failed in finding the suspect in Friday’s incident. According to a social media post by the Elgin Police Department, “At this time, search efforts have concluded. The investigation is ongoing.” Elgin police and fire departments have resumed a comprehensive search of the Fox River in Elgin for an armed suspect who escaped from police Friday morning after “interfering with railroad operations,” according to police. The initial search was suspended last night at 7pm due to lack of visibility. According to police, on…

Elgin police and fire departments have resumed a comprehensive search of the Fox River in Elgin for an armed suspect who escaped from police Friday morning after “interfering with railroad operations,” according to police. The initial search was suspended last night at 7pm due to lack of visibility. According to police, on Friday at 10:52am officers responded to the area of Highland and State Street for a male subject reported to have interfered with railroad operations. Officers had contact with the male subject, at which point he fled on foot and ran into the Fox River. While he was fleeing…

The legendary Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago is one of the great hotels in the world, and our intrepid publisher, Kevin Ketchum, captured its beauty during a recent visit. (Photo credit Kevin Ketchum)

A 62-year-old Naperville man convicted of two counts of First Degree Murder for the beating death of his wife has been sentenced to 38 years in prison by a DuPage County judge. According to a press release from DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh has sentenced Alan Wang man to thirty-eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for fatally beating his wife, thirty-five-year-old Hongyan Yang, in early 2020. According the prosecutors, on March 8, 2020, at approximately 4:50pm, personnel from the Naperville Police and Fire Departments responded to a call at the couple’s residence…

Three men are in custody after being charged with armed robbery, mob action, and other felonies following an investigation into an incident that occurred Thursday morning in Naperville. According to Naperville police, officers were called to the 1700 block of West Ogden Avenue just after 4am Thursday for a report of an armed robbery. Once on scene, the officers learned that the two female victims had allegedly arrived at the location so one of them could fight a 19-year-old male from Montgomery who was known to the women. During the fight, two other suspects – later identified as a 19-year-old…

Update: Subsequent to an autopsy, the Kane County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that the deceased female discovered in the Fox River Sunday was 16-year-old Destiny Neal from Elgin. Neal had been reported missing by her family since Friday. According to the coroner, determination of Neal’s cause of death is pending the result of toxicology tests that have been submitted. The manner of her death is also pending investigation by authorities. This story remains developing. Elgin police discovered the body of a deceased female in the Fox River Sunday afternoon. According to police, at approximately 3:51pm detectives located the victim in…

Elgin police discovered the body of a deceased female in the Fox River Sunday afternoon. According to police, at approximately 3:51pm detectives located the victim in the Fox River, just north of the Kimball Street Bridge. The Elgin Fire Department along with the Kane County Coroner’s Office responded to the area, at which time they recovered the victim. Information regarding the identity of the female is being withheld pending a determination by the Kane County Coroner’s Office. This story will be updated as further information is made available.

The FBI is assisting the Aurora Police Department in identifying any additional victims of sexual abuse at the hands former Aurora Christian Schools Board Member Michael Herbert. Herbert was arrested in May and charged with numerous felonies involving sexual crimes against children. Following is the announcement from the FBI, issued yesterday: “The FBI’s Chicago Division is assisting the Aurora Police Department in seeking to identify potential victims of Michael Herbert, who was recently charged with criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor, possession of child abuse material, and involuntary servitude. The FBI believes he primarily targeted minor boys between the…