Firefighters rescued five cats from a burning home in Huntley and fire officials say one firefighter was injured during the ...

A driver had to be extricated from their vehicle and transported to the hospital after a crash into a tree that caused the vehicle's engine to be detached from the car in Vernon Hills.

A man, who has been arrested or charged over 60 times, armed himself with a knife and a brick and advanced at police while threatening to kill them in Waukegan, prosecutors said.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured after being ejected from his motorcycle during a crash with an SUV on Route 14 in Cary ...

The coroner has released the identity of a 14-year-old boy who was found dead on Friday after he went missing while swimming ...

The Illinois state treasurer returned a more than $200,000 donation to an animal shelter in Lake County that was made by a now-deceased woman who named the shelter as her life insurance beneficiary.

A Crystal Lake man, who prosecutors called a "serial fraudster," has pleaded guilty to stealing from a veterans group in McHenry as he also awaits federal sentencing in an $8 million Ponzi scheme.

The sheriff is investigating after a man was shot in the face during a possible car theft attempt on the border of Long Grove and Arlington Heights Friday morning.

A real estate company executive from Lake Zurich has been arrested for downloading thousands of files of child sexual abuse ...

Emergency crews have located a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in Lake Michigan ...

A restaurant owner, who is a convicted felon, was found with two guns after the sheriff said he punched and strangled a woman ...

A drunk driver crashed into two vehicles before crashing through the Moose Lodge in Wauconda, causing significant damage, ...