Amanda Vogt

A North Chicago man was in critical condition Monday after a weekend accident in Highland Park in which his passenger, a 23-year-old Highwood man, was killed. Police on Monday identified...

Two groups from the Grayslake Fire Protection District were among 30 teams from around the country to compete this weekend in Warrior Adventure Race 2000 in Round Lake. Held Saturday...

A Gurnee woman was critically injured late Wednesday after she jumped from her second-story bedroom window to escape an apartment fire, officials said. Other residents tried to catch the woman...

Thanks to a Waukegan detective with a long memory, two men accused of starting a 1997 fire that destroyed a Waukegan video store were jailed Wednesday. Bond was set at...

Deerfield police Wednesday identified a man who was struck by a mini-van and killed crossing Waukegan Road earlier this week. John R. Damijanic, 61, of the 2800 block of South...

Two liquor store robberies in Beach Park and Waukegan Tuesday night and an attempted robbery in North Chicago are the latest in a series of holdups that police believe were...

Two former employees of North Chicago-based Abbott Labs accused of stealing $319,000 from the company were indicted Wednesday on additional theft charges. A Lake County grand jury indicted Edward Golden,...

A seven-member team from the Lake County Sheriff's Department tactical unit recently took first-place honors in a regional SWAT competition, officials said. During the regional competition, from Oct. 16 to...

North Chicago police on Monday were searching for clues in the shooting death of an 18-year-old man from Kenosha. Ivan Hurtado of the 200 block of 56th Avenue was shot...

The Lake County Sheriff's Department has started a new enforcement program designed to reduce minors' access to tobacco and tobacco products. The program's key elements, said Sheriff Gary Del Re,...