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Teen killed in Grayslake crash

February 3, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

According to authorities, the man was headed east on Washington in a Volkswagen when he collided with a Toyota SUV being driven by an 86-year-old woman.

Gurnee police say 3 injured in ‘random acts of violence’

February 3, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

Police said a 25-year-old Waukesha, Wisconsin woman has been arrested.

Mourners’ argument leads to Waukegan funeral home shooting

February 3, 2026 at 9:10 a.m.

The suspect was among a group of mourners at the funeral home, and he became involved in an argument with another attendee over money.

Marni Yang listens to the testimony of the state’s forensic expert, Todd Thorne, during her evidentiary hearing at the Lake County Courthouse on Jan. 13, 2026, in Waukegan. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Prosecution expert disputes defense claim in Marni Yang appeal: ‘No set way a body’s going to react when it’s shot’

January 13, 2026 at 2:51 p.m.

An expert testified that bullet trajectory evidence in the Marni Yang case can’t be used to exclude Yang as the person who fatally shot Rhoni Reuter.

Marni Yang bows her head and listens during her evidentiary hearing in the courtroom of Judge Christopher Stride at the Lake County Courthouse, Jan. 12, 2026, in Waukegan. Yang was convicted in the 2007 murder of Rhoni Reuter. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Expert testifies Marni Yang too short to have fired fatal shots at girlfriend of ex-Chicago Bear

January 12, 2026 at 3:09 p.m.

A defense expert witness testified that Marni Yang is too short to have fired the bullets that killed the pregnant girlfriend of a former Chicago Bear in 2007.

Lake County deputy hospitalized after bear-spray attack

January 12, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

The deputies and mental health workers were there to serve court papers ordering the man to be brought for mental health care, police said.

Zion-Benton High student critically injured in stabbing and a classmate is taken into custody

January 9, 2026 at 11:51 a.m.

Police said they do not yet know what prompted the stabbing.

Sitting next to her attorney, Jed Stone, Marni Yang reacts after learning her conviction hearing will be delayed at the Lake County Courthouse on July 14, 2025, in Waukegan. Yang was convicted in 2011 for the murder of Rhoni Reuter and her unborn baby. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Law & Order column: Evidence hearing Monday in Marni Yang case

January 9, 2026 at 10:46 a.m.

An expert witness is expected to testify that, based on bullet trajectories, Yang is too short to have been the shooter.

Law & Order column: North Chicago man gets 5 years for drug charges

December 31, 2025 at 1:42 p.m.

Police said they purchased more than 115 grams of a powder containing fentanyl and 2,000 pills containing the drug.

Members of Eduardo Uvaldo’s family react as Judge Rossetti sentences Robert Crimo III to natural life in prison for his murder during the sentencing hearing of Robert Crimo III at the Lake County Courthouse, in Waukegan, on April 24, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai/pool)

Lake County News-Sun’s Top Stories of 2025: Parade shooter pleads, sentenced to life

December 23, 2025 at 1:12 p.m.

Judge Victoria Rossetti sentenced Robert Crimo III to seven consecutive life sentences for indiscriminately opening fire on the crowd assembled for Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade.

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