Lake County News

A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was alcohol-related. Illinois State Police Master Sgt.

For more information, call 847-546-8558. • The village of Antioch's Fourth of July Celebration kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, with a parade down Main Stree.

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Old Ralph was one waterlogged Labrador retriever after being the focus of one of the odder rescues by the Lake County Sheriff's Marine Patrol on Bluff Lake, where the old, blind dog was lost in the middle of the lake.

Authorities are continuing their investigation into the head-on crash early Saturday that killed three men, including a cabbie.

For the second time in as many weeks, another young North Chicago man was found shot and killed in the wee hours of the morning.

The Lake County Forest Preserve District has formed a partnership with Southern Illinois University-Carbondale researchers to measure the damage deer are doing to five protected natural sites in northern Lake County.

Three men were killed and a third was hospitalized when a luxury car and cab collided head on early Saturday in north suburban Kildeer.

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Authorities in Waukegan say they have charged five people in a string of 20 armed robberies in McHenry and Lake counties, as well as in southeastern Wisconsin.

Lake County Sheriff officials will hold a press conference this morning to announce eight people have been arrested for approximately 21 armed robberies in northern Lake County and southern Wisconsin, officials said.

Lake County has declared a local state of emergency and disaster as a result of damage from last week's heavy rains and is asking the governor to issue a state disaster proclamation for the county.

A Lake County insurance agent was been handed 30 months' probation after pleading guilty to fraud in which he bilked business clients for $400,000. Reuben Collier Jr.

Lake County communities will be celebrating America's 233rd birthday with an ensemble of family activities and fireworks.

The second of three men charged in connection with a beating at a Fox Lake party pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lake County Circuit Court.

A man named "police officer of the year" for the North Chicago Police Department has been charged with pistol-whipping the police chief in nearby Waukegan.

Like weeds after a wet spring, road construction projects have begun to multiply in Lake County.

With its seemingly endless choices of locally-grown produce, baked goods, meats and cheeses, and prepared foods like barbecue pork sandwiches, funnel cakes and kettle corn, the sprawling Grayslake Farmers Market is a feast for the eyes, nose and stomach.

Lake County is attempting to recover from powerful storms that brought surges of lighting, thunder and heavy rains late Friday into early Saturday.

Lake County State's Attorney Michael Waller says it may be some time before any additional charges are filed against the Waukegan man who violently shook a baby in 2006, ultimately leading to the child's death earlier this year.