Round Lake Beach News

A 17-year-old suspected gang member has been charged after he shot a victim in the leg over the weekend in Round Lake Beach, police said.

Vincente Torres-Vasquez, 48 of Round Lake Beach, is charged with being drunk when he crashed into a motorcyclist and killed him pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County Circuit Court.

A former library board trustee and a current school board member are running in the Republican primary for a Lake County Board seat serving Round Lake and Round Lake Beach.

Linwood 'Lennie' Jarratt and Joe Neal have led in fundraising among four candidates running in the Republican primary for state Senate District 31, state election documents show.

An Antioch man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he collected child pornography on his computer and molested a 5-year-old girl.

A Round Lake Beach man was placed on probation for 30 months Tuesday after he admitted having child pornography on his home computer.

A stretch of Wadsworth Road east of the Des Plaines River will be widened to three lanes, the Lake County Board decided Tuesday, despite protests by some residents that it would destroy the character of the area by taking out age-old trees.