The Lake County Board approved a new ordinance mandating that all new residential developments in unincorporated Lake County feature "bird-friendly" design as part of a "major step" to protect bird ...

An appeals court ruled against a mother who claimed her three-year prison sentence was "excessive" after her young child was ...

An alert child spotted a house fire in Grayslake and notified her mother, prompting a fire department response that encountered a broken fire hydrant Friday afternoon.

Police say investigators believe the driver of a car was at fault in a crash that left a motorcyclist dead after his ...

A school teacher has been put on leave from a Gurnee school district and fired from a Grayslake school district after he was arrested for allegedly disseminating child sexual abuse material and ...

A 29-year-old man was shot twice in Park City and four subjects were taken into custody after the suspect vehicle led police on a 115 mph police pursuit that ended in a crash into a house Saturday ...

A man allegedly harassed a woman in an Island Lake bar, threatened to blow off patrons’ heads before bringing a loaded shotgun into the bar and striking a man with it Friday morning.

A report of a large chemical spill in a drainage ditch made by a concerned citizen prompted a hazardous materials response in Lake Zurich Thursday evening.

The Chicagoland area saw its first-ever dust storm warning as 50+ mph winds carried dust throughout northern Illinois on ...

The sheriff says a Round Lake Park woman is facing additional charges for selling drugs out of her home to undercover ...

One person was transported to the hospital after being injured in a fire that caused significant damage to a house in ...