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...

Rising Des Plaines River levels prompted the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort to evacuate guests and employees as a precaution Friday in just one of the responses to heavy rains that hit the Northern suburbs overnight. By noon Friday, the river was at 1...

It's almost time for the 47th annual Gurnee Days family festival, which takes place Aug. 8-11 at Viking Park and other venues throughout the village. The theme, "Gurnee Days - Hooray for Hollywood," encourages businesses and organizations participat...

A Waukegan man has been charged after trying to sell stolen landscaping equipment to the person the items were taken from, authorities said Thursday. Angelo L. Rodriguez, 53, of the 1700 block of Hyde Park Street, was released from Lake County jail...

DALLAS (AP) - Waiting outside a federal courthouse, photographer Tom Fox took in Dallas' 8 a.m. bustle. People dressed for work got out of cars. A homeless man danced on a street pole. But when what initially sounded like a truck backfiring clarifie...

Phyllis Payne's family thought that she had died of natural causes. There was no reason to be suspicious when the spunky Texas grandmother, who had been spending the last years of her life in a retirement community in Dallas, passed away in April 20...

A 55-year-old Lake County man was killed Saturday night when the SUV he was driving was struck head-on by a vehicle that veered into his lane, authorities said Sunday. The crash, which left two others seriously injured, occurred about 7:50 p.m. in t...