Amanda Vogt

A Wauconda man jailed in McHenry County for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old Island Lake boy has been charged with molesting two other youths, authorities said Tuesday. Lake County authorities this...

The head of Lake Forest College's English Department surrendered to authorities Monday after she was charged with transmitting child pornography on the Internet. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for...

Two Antioch men have been indicted in connection with a string of burglaries to area businesses, authorities said. Joseph Engmark, 20, of the 300 block of Sterbenz Court and Lance...

Nine 8th graders from Lake Zurich Middle School North face possible criminal charges for stealing and dealing the drug Ritalin, authorities said Thursday. Those nine and six other students, all...

Four Waukegan teenagers have been charged with robbery--and one with an additional count of armed robbery--in connection with a string of purse snatchings outside Waukegan grocery stores that netted about...

A Round Lake Park teenager was in critical condition Wednesday with burns she suffered after a candle on a wooden nightstand apparently burned down and started a fire, authorities said....

A Vernon Hills man has been charged with possessing child pornography and disseminating it over the Internet, authorities said. Steven Ames Alter, 57, of the 900 block of Commonwealth Court,...

A 33-year-old Antioch man has been charged with felony obstruction of justice after allegedly faking his own drowning death to avoid a speeding ticket, authorities said Monday. John T. Flam...

Authorities Monday credited a working smoke alarm with saving the lives of the occupants of a Beach Park home destroyed by fire early Sunday. No one was injured in the...

A group of 8th graders suffered minor bumps and bruises when their school bus collided with a pickup truck Wednesday morning, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before 8 a.m....