Amanda Vogt

For the fifth consecutive year, reports of major crime in Illinois declined in 1999, with the crime rate in Lake County dropping 4.5 percent. The downturn comes on the heels...

Thanks to pupils at two Round Lake elementary schools, a group of canine police will be better protected on the job. Student council members at Village and Ellis Elementary Schools...

A 42-year-old Mississippi man accused of striking and killing a pedestrian in Waukegan has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said Thursday....

A 21-year-old Kenosha woman was killed early Monday near North Chicago after a garbage truck that had been struck by another vehicle collided with her car, authorities said. Debra Stull...

A 31-year-old Chicago man was killed Wednesday morning when he was struck by a Metra passenger train as he attempted to cross the tracks in North Chicago, authorities said. Quentin...

More than 300 restored antique and classic cars will be on display June 18 at Lambs Farm in Libertyville during its 14th annual Auto Show. The Father's Day show, which...

Authorities were trying Thursday to contact the family of a 42-year-old Maywood woman who was killed by a freight train while walking along the railroad tracks near the southwest end...

Fast-moving storms pounded much of the Chicago area Thursday, causing at least one death and sending emergency crews throughout the region to remove toppled trees and power lines and douse...

A 19-year-old Libertyville man faces bomb and weapons charges after allegedly setting off a pipe bomb in a garbage can outside a Vernon Hills Park District building, authorities said Tuesday....

In a civil settlement finalized in a Lake County courtroom Monday, Lake Zurich officials agreed to pay a gas station owner at least $350,500 for a piece of property they...