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School official pleads guilty to battery
Wauconda school board member Nicholas Batson was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 2 years probation Thursday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge.
Dead carp washing up in Lake Zurich
Lake County health officials say they don't know the exact reason why hundreds of dead carp have been washing up on the shores of Lake Zurich.
Drag race leads to man's death
Police in Buffalo Grove say a drag race led to the death of a 20-year-old man Wednesday afternoon.
Updated 7/17: Cyclist injured in accident
A 61-year-old motorcyclist was in critical condition following an accident Wednesday morning in Gurnee.
Dead Woman's Family Sues Waukegan Police
The family of a murdered north suburban woman is blaming her violent death on a lack of action by Waukegan police for failed to protect her from her estranged husband, now accused of fatally stabbing her.
: Convicted sex offender receives 2-year sentence
A convicted sex offender accused of twice violating sex offender registration rules was sentenced to two years in prison today.
Family: Cops could've saved wife
Slain woman's relatives sue police, say officers failed her -- husband 'was a very real threat and they just didn't believe her' July 11, 2008 Waukegan police ignored a threat made against Adelina Weber by her ...
Judge denies bond in Lincolnshire slaying
Bond was denied Wednesday for the Waukegan man accused of killing his estranged wife last weekend.
Suspect in wife's Lincolnshire stabbing death was convicted of...
The man accused of murdering his wife in a hotel parking lot in north suburban Lincolnshire was convicted of attempting to kill his first wife and abducting their 8-year-old child nearly two decades ago in ...
Bail denied for Waukegan man accused of killing wife
A Waukegan man accused of fatally stabbing his wife last week, just days after she filed for divorce, was ordered held without bail in Lake County Jail on Thursday morning.
No Bond For Suburban Man Accused Of Killing Wife
Bond was denied Thursday for the man accused of stabbing and killing his wife in a north suburban Lincolnshire parking lot, then fleeing to Northwest Indiana.
Lake County Board OKs borrowing up to $40 million for 3 projects
The Lake County Board voted Tuesday night to borrow up to $40 million to help pay for three major building projects.
Murder suspect to return to Illinois, face charges
A northern Illinois man arrested in Indiana in connection with the fatal stabbing of his wife in suburban Chicago has waived his right to an extradition hearing.
Tourism spending tops $1 billion in Lake County
Tourists spent more than $1 billion in Lake County last year, a record high that marked a 6-percent increase over the prior year - possibly because of higher hotel occupancy rates and tax revenue, officials ...
Area athlete hurt in Mo. accident
Former College of Lake County baseball player and Warren Township High School athlete Nathan Hartman was seriously injured Friday when the Gurnee man struck his head while riding a personal watercraft on Lake ...
ID theft suspect believed to have fled overseas
Barrington resident Kimberly Clare thought she had a shot at collecting the nearly $100,000 in child-support payments owed by her ex-husband. Gregorio Cardenas Gregorio Cardenas, 39, was back from Ukraine late ...
September trial set in child porn case
A Zion man charged with 29 counts of possession of child pornography pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
Updated 7/5: Woman killed near Lincolnshire Marriott
A woman is dead after a reported Saturday afternoon stabbing near a Lincolnshire resort.
ICE arrests 43 illegal immigrants
Federal authorities arrested 43 immigration violators in Waukegan, Highland Park, Highwood and other cities in the Chicago metropolitan area this week.
Gurnee cop pleads not guilty to sex assault, abuse charges
A highly decorated Gurnee police officer accused of molesting two girls pleaded not guilty to the charges Thursday.