A wiffle ball celebration and a funeral were held Monday for an 11-year-old boy from Wonder Lake, whose "presence lit up ...

A judge sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for driving 130 mph before causing a crash, fleeing from officers and being found with $16,000 in cash, along with a gun and drugs, in Lake in the Hills.

Police said in an update that five victims were shot in total after approximately 20 shots were fired during a large ...

A CEO for a recruiting firm has been sentenced to probation after he pleaded guilty to fatally hitting a 38-year-old man and ...

A victim tracked down their stolen vehicle from Zion in Winthrop Harbor and two suspects fled from law enforcement, prompting ...

Two businesses have partnered with the sheriff's office to loan the agency Jet Skis at no cost which will help deputies patrol and respond to emergencies on Lake County waterways.

Multiple people were reported shot after a gathering with dozens of people on the lakefront beach in North Chicago led to ...

Prosecutors say a Waukegan man threatened a terrorist attack while referencing September 11, claiming he had a "manifesto" and that his face would be "all over America" when he was done.

Over a dozen fire departments were called and firefighters rescued two cats after a fire fully engulfed a garage and spread to a house in Spring Grove Monday morning.

A dozen fire departments were called after a fire heavily engulfed a house in Algonquin and caused $350,000 in damage, ...

No injuries were reported after a garbage truck caught on fire while it was traveling in a neighborhood in Volo Friday ...

A woman in mental crisis confronted sheriff's deputies with a machete and deputies were able to successfully de-escalate the ...