The crime spree was not a total shock for Aurelio Lee, but the trails of blood — left by looters who smashed into high-end stores in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood early Monday — were. Lee, a property management firm owner from Wadsworth, was ale...

Store owners and community members worked to clean up and rebuild Monday following the looting of businesses in northern Waukegan and Beach Park Sunday night. Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham said the looting began after a peaceful protest march Sunday...

Lake County Sheriff's police are investigating two crashes Saturday evening that left drivers with critical injuries. The first occurred about 6:10 p.m. when a 55-year-old Wadsworth man was driving a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle in a parking lot in th...

A man was killed Saturday in a crash at the intersection of Wadsworth Road and Delany Road in Wadsworth, police said Saturday. Police said the crash occurred at about 7 a.m. when the man's 2003 Pontiac Grand Am was speeding westbound on Wadsworth Ro...

A 70-year-old Wadsworth woman died after being involved in two separate auto crashes in Gurnee Monday night. According to a news release issued by Gurnee police Tuesday, the woman, who has not yet been identified, was driving a Mitsubishi SUV and re...

A Lake County woman faces charges of driving under the influence and violating Scott's Law after authorities say she plowed her SUV into the back of a Lake County Sheriff's deputy's squad car Wednesday night while it was pulled over for a traffic st...

Round Lake Park has become the most recent Lake County community to allow businesses to sell marijuana for recreational use. Trustees on Tuesday voted 5-1 to allow marijuana sales and start the process of changing zoning regulations to do that. The ...

Five businesses were cited for selling alcohol to a person under the age of 21 during a two-month sting operation by Lake County sheriff's police, authorities announced Tuesday. The businesses were among 62 checked in August and September. The clerk...