A judge blocked Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 from approving either of its plans to overhaul its elementary schools Friday, saying the committee that drew them up likely violated state law by meeting...

A felon on parole admitted to cooking cocaine into crack and selling it in $10 bags after police staking out his Waukegan home pulled him over and found nearly 60 grams of the drug inside, prosecutors...

The owners of The Village Bakery have permanently closed the shop less than two years after reopening it in a Fox Lake building that has been home to bakeries run by different families for decades.

A man out with his wife and two small children feared he would be shot after a convicted felon racked a loaded gun at him during an argument over litter outside a Gurnee sandwich shop, prosecutors said.

A 50-year-old man was seriously injured after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing, resulting in him briefly losing consciousness in Fox Lake Saturday afternoon, fire officials said.

A Round Lake man arrested at least nine times for DUI was drunk and high when he slammed into a car carrying three children and fled in Libertyville, sending the children to the hospital, prosecutors...

Abbott Laboratories agreed to pay nearly $385 million to settle allegations the Lake County-based company made baby formula at an unsanitary plant whose products were recalled as regulators investigated...

Police said in an update that a missing 24-year-old woman whose Fox River Grove mother is searching for her declined help from officers before her boyfriend says she got into a car with two unidentified...

A 45-year-old man was found dead by a bystander on the ground next to a car in the parking lot of a laundromat in Waukegan Wednesday morning, the coroner said.

A convicted felon has been charged after prosecutors say he rode a bicycle up to a man, said "I’ll kill you," and shot him in the chest, leaving him in critical condition, before riding off in Waukegan...

A Waukegan woman who was driving sleep-deprived was luckily uninjured after her SUV struck a stop sign and two fences before rolling onto its side, trapping her inside, in Beach Park.

A Zion man wanted on three warrants jumped out of a second-story window and tried to get into a neighbor’s home to escape police after he allegedly drove drunk and sideswiped another vehicle, officials...

A woman crashed into the garage of her Mundelein home after a medical event behind the wheel, prompting firefighters to call in a specialized squad to stabilize the building, authorities said.

Four people were taken into custody and two rifles and two handguns were recovered after shots were fired at officers responding to a report of armed people at a park in Waukegan.

The fifth CEO to lead Vista Health System in three years is out after only two months on the job, according to employees, and the Waukegan hospital system has not said who is now running it. Daisy Rodriguez,...

A man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after he was found shot in the chest in Waukegan Wednesday evening and officers have taken the gunman into custody.

More than 50,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos were linked to a 42-year-old Antioch man who authorities say used Facebook and xAI tools for months to create more from his home.

Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame tight end who coached the Chicago Bears to their only Super Bowl title while living in Lake County, has died at age 86, his family announced Friday.

A 7-month-old Crystal Lake boy died from blunt force injuries to his head and neck, the medical examiner has ruled, as the sheriff's office continues to investigate his death over a year later.

A Woodstock mother who was critically injured in a crash with a septic truck near Marengo is making progress in intensive care as the community steps up to help her firefighter husband and their children.

Police said in an update that a driver showed no signs of impairment and told officers that a former Fox Lake man suddenly walked in front of his truck before he fatally struck him in Waukegan.

A Beach Park man was arrested for DUI for the ninth time after authorities say he kept going for half a mile when an officer tried to stop him in Zion and was "sloppily" eating a burrito when the officer...

A 66-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the hand while trying to clear a loaded gun and then was brought to a fire station in Marengo for help, authorities said.

A Cary man twice convicted of attempted murder pleaded guilty to his sixth DUI after he crossed a median, struck another car and drove home despite losing a wheel in a crash near Crystal Lake.

Firefighters rescued a worker stranded 80 feet in the air in an aerial lift next to a water tower in Huntley, which officials called an "unusual situation" Thursday morning.

A man on parole was arrested for breaking into a woman's home and throwing her puppy across the room before running from police for an hour and then holing up in a crawl space while taking Fireball shots...

A blind North Chicago man can keep suing a Grayslake car dealership in court over claims it charged him more than $10,000 above its advertised price and an 11% interest rate after a judge refused to send...

A 41-year-old Spring Grove man was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he sexually abused a 15-year-old girl in McHenry and threatened to hurt her family members if she told them what he had done.

A Flock license plate reader camera was cut down in Buffalo Grove with what appeared to be a power tool weeks after another Flock camera was stolen from its pole in Highland Park.

The coroner has released the identity of a former Fox Lake man who died after he was hit by a pickup truck and critically injured on Grand Avenue in Waukegan Sunday evening.

A man is accused of fondling himself while sitting next to a woman at a bar in Wauconda, pulling her arm to try to force her to touch his genitals and putting his hand on the back of her pants, authorities...

A Round Lake Park father and grandfather was found dead in his car outside a Vernon Hills office building he had been hired to clean, as his family mourns a man they called funny, caring and hard-working.

A man allegedly broke into his neighbors' home, told officers they would die if they got close, then poured water on one and said he was baptizing him before attacking officers as they arrested him in...

A fake limo driver has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and robbing women who he picked up from O'Hare Airport, including one he took to McHenry.

A civil rights complaint was filed by the parents of three Black children who say their kids were assaulted by white students, called racial slurs and treated differently by staff for years while their...

A convicted felon who once worked as an ATF informant allegedly sold a pistol to a current informant in a Portillo's parking lot in Gurnee as part of a plan to stage a fake controlled purchase and split...

A man in his 50s died after being rushed to the hospital with critical injuries from being hit by a pickup truck on Grand Avenue in Waukegan Sunday evening, authorities said.

A Fox River Grove mother is asking help finding her 24-year-old daughter, who family members say traveled to Chicago with her boyfriend before he returned home without her Thursday.

A Lake in the Hills man was seriously injured after he lost control of his sports car and caused a five-vehicle crash that shut down Route 31 in Algonquin Monday afternoon, police said.

A Barrington District 220 teacher who was nominated for Lake County Educator of the Year this spring was arrested for allegedly grabbing a child family member by her hair and pulling her down the stairs...

Two people were hospitalized after a crash that shut down Route 14 in Cary and led to a second crash in a nearby neighborhood when a semi-truck cutting through struck a utility pole Monday afternoon.

A man is accused of pointing a handgun at two people, punching one of them and smashing a car with a baseball bat after authorities say he felt "disrespected" by his co-workers in Buffalo Grove Friday...

Police said in an update Monday it is still unknown who was holding the gun when it went off and killed a 14-year-old Cary-Grove High School soccer player at a Cary home, though they believe a juvenile...

An 18-year-old motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after police say an SUV turned in front of him in a crash that shut down Route 12 for hours in Fox Lake Friday afternoon.

A fugitive accused of hitting an 11-year-old boy riding a bicycle with a work van and fleeing the scene, leaving the boy in critical condition, was arrested in Winthrop Harbor Saturday night, authorities...

McHenry County is looking to implement a 12-month ban on new data centers in unincorporated areas after a county board leader said data centers are "going to arrive here whether we want them to or not."