The torrential rain may have stopped, but Fox Lake resident Steve Fulk wasn't about to take it easy Thursday. Worried about the rising waters of the Chain O' Lakes, Fulk spent Thursday building a retaining wall behind his Park Avenue home to keep fl...

The intense storms that swept through Lake County late Tuesday kept Reddy Munnangi awake well into the night, so he wasn't eager to answer the door to his Mundelein apartment when someone knocked at 5 a.m. Wednesday. It wasn't until a couple of hour...

Teen fatally shot near Des Plaines aspired to become teacher Cook County Sheriff's police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Glenview girl over the weekend near Des Plaines. Angelique Morris, who died Saturday from a gunshot ...

A 25-year-old man accused of intentionally striking two pedestrians with a car in Waukegan pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Monday to charges of reckless homicide and failure to report an accident resulting in death. Tony Salcedo, of North Ch...

This weekend • Libertyville's Dog Days of Summer: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 9, Cook Park, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. Event features police dog demonstrations, a pet blessing, pet vendors, water competitions for dogs, adoptable dogs an...

Back in the 1950s, three friends boarded planes and ships to serve in the Korean War. More than six decades later, the Mount Prospect residents will catch another flight this week, this one together and through Honor Flight Chicago, for a day of rem...