A Beach Park man has been sentenced to four months in jail after he pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for speeding and ...

Six Flags Great America in Gurnee has officially opened Friday for the 2025 season as a new record-breaking dive coaster is undergoing testing and set to open soon.

A judge has found a Chicago man guilty of threatening a "military precision" mass shooting at the Lake County Courthouse in ...

The weather service is warning about a severe weather threat involving thunderstorms that could bring damaging hail and winds to the Chicagoland area Friday evening.

Officials say a man armed with a loaded gun in a McDonald's in Zion got into a physical struggle with responding police officers over the gun while he said, "I got my finger on the trigger." ...

Residents were able to escape without injury after a fire broke out and caused significant damage to a house in Fox Lake, leaving it uninhabitable, fire officials said.

Officials say a beloved turkey, nicknamed "Tina" after having become a familiar sight at a busy Crystal Lake intersection, has died after being hit by a vehicle.

The coroner has identified a 72-year-old woman but is still working to notify her family after she was found dead in a fire ...

Four suspects part of a larger crew allegedly burglarized a house in Long Grove, stealing cash and belongings, before fleeing from responding officers Wednesday.

The Round Lake Beach police chief has announced he will be retiring this week following 28 years of service with the ...

A man has been sentenced to 40 days in jail after he and a woman pleaded guilty to keeping over two dozen cats in a U-Haul van for months, resulting in severe medical issues, in Island Lake.

The former owner of The Boatyard in Antioch, which is now called Anchor Pointe Marina, has been sentenced to probation after ...