Lake County News

A rich source of potential criminal suspects - a federal database with millions of DNA profiles - is going unexamined as authorities in Lake County, Ill., reopen the investigation into the 1992 rape and slaying an 11-year-old girl.

Zion last summer rented seats for a temporary ballpark used by the Lake County Fielders independent baseball team.

Waukegan - The Lake County State's Attorney's Office has until Feb. 24 to decide to go forward with the felony DUI case against a son of former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka.

Family members behind a potential commercial development near Hawthorn Woods want a public apology from a woman for what they contend were disparaging remarks she made about them at a village board meeting.

A Registered voters in Lake County may now request an official application for a mail-in ballot for the March 20 primary election.

After two days of searching the Des Plaines River, Libertyville Fire Departmenti»¿ divers were unable to locate a gun that authorities would like to check to see if it was involved in any wrongdoing in Lake County.

A federal jury ruled Friday that North Chicago police did not use excessive force or violate the rights of a man who was shocked with a Taser during his 2009 arrest.

A DUI charge against a son of former Bears coach Mike Ditka could be voided, according to media sources.

One of the Democrats in the Lake County coroner's race expressed concern about nuclear terrorism, accidental radiation exposure, biological attacks and the contamination of the Great Lakes during a Daily Herald interview Thursday.

Michael P. Ditka one of two sons of the former Bears coach facing DUI charges out of Deerfield scored a legal touchdown of sorts Thursday when a Lake County judge granted a motion that Ditka's lawyer said essentially voids his arrest.

Mild winter weather has allowed the Lake County Forest Preserve to get a jump on restoration work at Lyons Woods north of Waukegan that includes cleaning up damage from heavy winds last summer on either side of North Avenue.

From 2 to 6 p.m., Lake Villa Township will partner with the Job Center of Lake County for the fair at the Lake Villa Township West Campus, formerly known as Gavin South School, 37850 N. Route 59, a half mile south of Grand Avenue.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office has arrested three offenders in a pickpocket scam that began in mid-January in the Deer Park Town Center.

On February 12, 2012 from 2-4pm at Prom-inspired fashion will hit the runways and raise funds and awareness for the Batavia organization Suicide Prevention Services from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

The Lake County Health Department will offer reduced well water testing rates in observance of National Ground Water Awareness Week in March.

The latest qualified candidate, Jeffrey Schleff of Island Lake, withdrew his name from consideration after scrutiny of his arrest record led a county committee to offer no recommendation on whether he should be hired.

Public employee pensions and taxes were among the issues addressed at a forum Wednesday night in Gurnee by four men running in the Republican primary for state Senate District 31.

A Republican candidate for the Lake County Forest Preserve District board said the agency should get out of the golf business and dump the courses it owns.

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.

At a Village Board meeting this week, trustees will consider adding another full-time officer and several part-time police officers.