A Waukegan man was ordered detained until trial on accusations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a Lake County victim ...

Sheriff's officials say the Lake County Jail in Waukegan is undergoing renovations to upgrade an area in the jail containing safety cells as part of efforts to modernize the facility.

Six horses were killed in a large barn fire in Harvard overnight, officials said. The Harvard Fire Protection District was ...

A McHenry woman charged with intentional homicide following a cold case in Kenosha is free from jail after posting $500,000 bail, records show.

One person was injured after an electric dirt bike collided with a Ford F-150 pickup in Huntley early Sunday morning, police said.

Four new police K-9 teams have graduated from a Grayslake dog training academy and are ready to start protecting citizens in Lake County, authorities said.

A former longtime employee of Algonquin-based School District 300 has been sentenced to seven years in prison for luring and grooming a child to create child pornography, court records show.

An alleged intoxicated driver who hit a U-Haul loading ramp and storage unit door in Gurnee on Saturday after what ...

A 17-year-old teen reported missing by family members in Barrington on Sunday has been found safe, authorities said.

Lake County State's Attorney's Office officials have filed a motion to detain a woman until trial after she tried to shoot ...

One person is in custody and charged with shooting a gun at a victim during a domestic incident in Grayslake on Saturday, ...

A Florida truck driver has been ordered detained in Lake County Jail while awaiting trial after firing a gun at another vehicle that was driving too slow during a road-rage incident in Gurnee, ...