A woman in her 70s died and two others were injured after a two-vehicle crash that completely shut down a busy intersection ...

The owner of a neighborhood grocery store in Waukegan has been sentenced to probation after prosecutors say he was selling drugs out of his store while possessing a loaded gun.

Firefighters rescued five cats from a burning home in Huntley and fire officials say one firefighter was injured during the ...

A driver had to be extricated from their vehicle and transported to the hospital after a crash into a tree that caused the vehicle's engine to be detached from the car in Vernon Hills.

A man, who has been arrested or charged over 60 times, armed himself with a knife and a brick and advanced at police while threatening to kill them in Waukegan, prosecutors said.

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A motorcyclist was seriously injured after being ejected from his motorcycle during a crash with an SUV on Route 14 in Cary ...

The coroner has released the identity of a 14-year-old boy who was found dead on Friday after he went missing while swimming ...

The Illinois state treasurer returned a more than $200,000 donation to an animal shelter in Lake County that was made by a now-deceased woman who named the shelter as her life insurance beneficiary.

A Crystal Lake man, who prosecutors called a "serial fraudster," has pleaded guilty to stealing from a veterans group in McHenry as he also awaits federal sentencing in an $8 million Ponzi scheme.

The sheriff is investigating after a man was shot in the face during a possible car theft attempt on the border of Long Grove and Arlington Heights Friday morning.

Emergency crews have located a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in Lake Michigan ...