A Beach Park man has been charged with kidnapping three Ohio children after Lake County sheriff's police tracked them to a local gas station Saturday. Michael Negron, 19, of the 10600 block of West Yorkhouse Road, had apparently befriended one of th...

Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek is being sued by a former employee who claims she tried to sabotage his attempts to find a job after a dispute over the office's cadaver dog. Jason Patt, former chief deputy coroner, alleged in the lawsuit filed Th...

A 27-year-old man faces murder charges after, Lake County sheriff's police say, deputies caught him apparently in the process of burying his slain cousin. Quentin V. Harvell of Wadsworth is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deat...

Bio Party: Democrat Office sought: Lake County Board District 1 City: Wadsworth Age: 44 Occupation: Handy man Previous offices held: Q&A Q: Why are you running for this office, whether for reelection or election for the first time? Is the...

A 58-year-old Gurnee man who spent nearly 29 years behind bars over the 1993 murder of his ex-wife left a downstate prison Tuesday afternoon after a Lake County judge vacated his conviction earlier in the day. The exoneration of Herman Williams fol...

A 28-year-old Beach Park man is facing weapons and drunken driving charges after authorities said he threatened another motorist with a gun and then crashed his car late Friday near Waukegan. Joseph Ebler is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a...

A 26-year-old Chicago man was killed late Monday when his car drove into the wrong lane and collided with semitrailer truck in northern Lake County. Lake County sheriff's police said the man was behind the wheel of a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu that was t...

One of three people shot in a Beach Park parking lot Tuesday afternoon has died, the Lake County coroner's office said Friday. Christopher Williams, 22, of North Chicago, died Thursday at a hospital where he was being treated for multiple gunshot wo...