Andrew Martin

Authorities were awaiting test results to determine what caused the death this week of a jail inmate. Police arrested Victor Connell, 39, of Wonder Lake about 5:30 a.m. Monday at...

Two cousins who worked as landscapers were found dead over the weekend after they apparently started the engines of trucks to stay warm and died of carbon-monoxide poisoning. The bodies...

Antioch High School is formulating an new anti-gang policy in the wake of four gang-related incidents this school year, including a bizarre ritual tattooing and burning of three teens this...

A local lawyer who practices in Chicago was arrested Thursday on suspicion of failing to file state income tax returns over a 3-year period. Edward Slovick, 67, allegedly didn't file...

Quatrell Morton had just finished mowing the lawn when he asked his father if he could walk a friend home. Permission granted, Morton, 16, went about his way. It was...

The latest battle over drug turf in Waukegan likely will be played out in the courts. It's a battle between lawyers, rather than gang members, and involves a two-year-old ordinance...

Highland Park Detective Dave Schwarz wishes his partner, Ludwig, was there that day in 1987 when Schwarz wrestled with a drunken Vietnam veteran for control of a .44-caliber Magnum. "A...

A motorcyclist was killed early Wednesday when he apparently rear-ended a car on a foggy Mundelein road, police said. James Holloway Jr., 36, was pronounced dead on the scene at...

The sun shined brightly Wednesday over North Libertyville Estates, glinting off the murky water from the nearby Des Plaines River inching toward dozens of homes. The sun was welcome, but...

A 12-year-old boy playing with matches ignited a fire that swept through the second story of a house just outside of town, causing at least $25,000 in damage, fire officials...