Amanda Vogt

A Waukegan teen has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a teenage rival. "Anything less (than prison) would have deprecated...

In finding a 45-year-old suspended special education teacher from Hoffman Estates guilty of child pornography charges Tuesday, a Lake County judge said the father of four "knew what he intended...

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Waukegan man charged in the death of his girlfriend's 3-month-old son. Jonathon Turley, 21, of the 2400 block of Melrose Avenue,...

With April 15 fast approaching, state Senator Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) is urging Illinois families with annual incomes below $26,000 to take advantage of a free tax counseling service in...

Attorneys for the family of a 13-year-old Wauconda girl killed by a hit-and-run driver announced Wednesday that they had arrived at a $830,000 settlement in a civil suit against the...

Investigators late Tuesday were looking into the cause of a grass fire that burned for a 5-mile stretch along the Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks from Antioch to the Wisconsin border....

A 31-year-old Mundelein man was being held in the Lake County Jail Monday in lieu of a $500,000 bond after being charged with trying to kill his girlfriend, authorities said....

A 42-year-old Lake Bluff man has been charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Gregory D. Andrew, of the 900 block of Talbot Road, was charged Wednesday with two...

A Lake County grand jury on Wednesday indicted the parents of a severely battered 15-month-old baby girl on charges they conspired to murder her, authorities said. Cherrie Sargent, 20, and...

A 34-year-old Waukegan man was being held Tuesday in the Lake County Jail on a $20,000 cash bond for allegedly sexually abusing the 9-year-old daughter of a co-worker, authorities said....