SYCAMORE – DeKalb County has been added to a pilot program allowing news cameras into courtrooms.

The Illinois Supreme Court officials announced Tuesday that they accepted the 19th Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Lake County, and the 23rd Judicial Circuit into the program. The 23rd Judicial Circuit is DeKalb and Kendall counties.

Timothy McCann, chief judge in the 23rd judicial circuit, chaired the Courtroom Media Committee, which included prosecutors and public defenders from DeKalb and Kendall counties. That was before those two counties split from the 16th Judicial Circuit, which not just is comprised of Kane County.