Lake County News

Gizmo, Tanya Anderson's 1-year-old Shih Tzu, died earlier this month after an unprovoked attack from a neighbor's dog in Antioch.

A 47-year-old woman from north suburban Round Lake Beach is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy.

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A man suffered an apparent heart attack while driving, sending his car into trees Thursday afternoon in Lake Bluff.

A 33-year-old bus driver who transported students from Olive Martin School in Lake Villa is accused of showing lewd video clips to children using her cell phone.

Friends and family of Erik and Erin McCormick are reaching out to the community for help after a family vacation to Disney World turned tragic.

Crack cocaine with a $9,000 street value was found in a Round Lake Beach apartment during an investigation in which a neighboring town's police dog played a key role, authorities said Wednesday.

Two Palatine men were arrested and each charged with the felony home invasion of a house in Northbrook, as well as robbery and possession of a firearm.

A popular holiday program in Lake County Illinois is in big trouble, and the recession is to blame.

Democrats have long been a minority on the Lake County Board, but party leaders believe they have an opportunity to change that in next year's elections.

Accusations by authorities that a private security guard solicited lewd photographs from a female student have led to the loss of his job at Grayslake North High School.

Police are investigating a fire intentionally set in the employee break area of a Lake Zurich grocery early Wednesday.

Michael Rebecca was sentenced to serve what amounts to the rest of his life in prison Friday for molesting a young boy over a number of years.

Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said Friday investigators and others in his office have put more than 400 hours into the search for a Barrington area man missing for more than a month, and are continuing to work on the case.

When Baby Boomers hear the name Peter Fonda, one thing comes to mind: "Easy Rider." But for Gurnee native Brandon Tyler Russell, who was born more than a quarter century after Captain America and Billy entered the pop-culture world, a more recent motorcycle movie connection had to be made when he was cast with Fonda in the film "Smitty." Brandon ...

A Grayslake North High School security guard has been charged with child pornography after it was discovered he possessed indecent photos of a student.

A Gurnee man was sentenced to prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met over the Internet.

The Lake County Chamber of Commerce will host Jesse H. Ruiz, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, as the keynote speaker at the Second Annual Hispanic Scholarship Gala Dinner at 6 p.m. Nov.

State and Lake County health officials say they have now been able to confirm four cases of Legionnaires' linked to a retirement community called The Park at Vernon Hills.

Public health authorities are investigating two deaths tied to Legionnaires' disease at a retirement community in Vernon Hills, officials said.