Two Lake County Forest Preserves police officers were honored Wednesday, Jan. 15, for their extraordinary dedication in locating a missing man.

Two Lake County forest preserves police officers have been honored for their dedication and effort to find a 60-year-old man with autism who had been lost overnight while the temperature dipped below freezing.

Lake County sheriff’s deputies and other police officers rescued two missing and endangered residents in separate incidents over the weekend, authorities said.

A Gurnee man is facing several charges after authorities said he fled from police and exceeded posted speed limits by more than 50 mph.

A horse was killed in a hit-and-run traffic crash Monday night in northern Lake County, authorities said.

Two boys killed late Friday in a crash in Lindenhurst have been identified as Antony Tiscareno, 16, and his brother Alonso, 11, both of Wadsworth. Autopsy results showed both died from blunt force injuries as a result of the single-vehicle crash, acc...

Lake County sheriff’s deputies took a Beach Park man into custody Sunday on charges of holding the mother of his child hostage and killing her dog.

A push is on to cap the awards, accolades and recognitions for one of Lake County’s best known crimefighters with a permanent tribute in a public plaza. In recent weeks, county board member Diane Hewitt has been navigating myriad details to have a br...

The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So when the city reopened Wadsworth last year to shelter hundreds of migrants,...

Lake County authorities arrested a man over the weekend accused of abducting a woman in February. Jonatan Luna-Carrasco, 28, of the 1100 block of Adams Street in North Chicago, is facing kidnapping charges, court records show. According to the Lake C...