Amanda Vogt

A plumber using a torch to repair water pipes accidentally started a weekend fire that caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to a pair of town homes in Buffalo Grove,...

A 59-year-old Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Lake County mentor recently charged with molesting two "little brothers" was indicted Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted a third youth entrusted to his...

Investigators were searching for the cause of a house fire that resulted in an estimated $100,000 worth of damage to a residence in the 400 block of Chatham Cove in...

A water main break at a middle school in Round Lake provided pupils with an unexpected day off Tuesday, school officials said. The break occurred Monday afternoon on school property...

An autopsy on the body of a 76-year-old woman recovered from a Gurnee retention pond revealed that she died of a heart attack before her car plunged into the water,...

A 22-year-old Beach Park man who was struck and killed by a Metra passenger train in Lake Forest reportedly crossed the tracks at the same spot dozens of times before,...

Officials at Waukegan High School were conducting an internal investigation Tuesday into whether a 19-year-old student accused of trying to hire a classmate to kill his estranged wife, also a...

A 22-year-old Gages Lake man was being held in the Lake County Jail Thursday in lieu of a $100,000 bond, accused of beating his girlfriend and threatening her and her...

Prosecutors in Indiana have decided not to pursue charges against members of an Indiana University fraternity who purchased alcohol for a Vernon Hills teenager who died last December after drinking...

A 22-year-old Waukegan man was being held in the Lake County Jail Monday in lieu of a $100,000 bond on a charge of reckless homicide for allegedly being drunk when...