Amanda Vogt

A Lake County grand jury this week indicted a 19-year-old Gurnee man accused of violating a state law forbidding convicted sex offenders from living within 500 feet of a park...

Police on Monday were investigating what caused a 62-year-old Milwaukee man to lose control of his vehicle and strike a center guardrail on Interstate Highway 94 south of Buckley Road...

A decade-old Lake County program aimed at preventing young people from joining gangs has changed its name to better reflect its broadened focus. The Lake County Regional Action Planning Project,...

Citing an increase in alcohol-related traffic fatalities during the holiday season in recent years, the Lake County Sheriff's Department plans to crack down on drunk drivers. "Our deputies will be...

Police have yet to determine who was responsible for five live grenades r found last week in a vacant house in Lake Zurich. A contractor, who is rehabbing the home...

Area police are asking for the public's help to find a man suspected in several robberies in Lake and Cook Counties, including a recent gas station robbery in Lincolnshire. Shortly...

The success of the Lake County sheriff's 2000 inmate work detail has assured its survival for another year, officials said. Between April and September, Lake County Jail inmates cleaned up...

A 36-year-old Ingleside man hit and killed by a car on Interstate Highway 94 near Waukegan Road might have been trying to flag down a passing driver, officials said. James...

A 32-year-old Waukegan man accused of several recent area burglaries was being held in Lake County Jail on Monday in lieu of $30,000 bond, officials said. Elias Petropoulos, of the...

An Antioch man and his 12-year-old granddaughter remained hospitalized Monday, a day after a shoplifting suspect drove into their van while fleeing from police, authorities said. James K. Coleman, 39,...