Jail staff steps up for coworker battling cancer
A Sunday benefit has been scheduled for a Lake County Jail receptionist battling cancer. The cookout for Amanda Groeller will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Zion-Benton...
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No charges against Zion police in fatal shooting of teen Justus Howell
A Zion police officer will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting a 17-year-old in the back, an incident that has fueled public anger and highlighted tension between Lake County...
Waukegan school evacuated, student injured in 2 smoke bomb incidents
Two smoke bombs or firecrackers were set off Thursday morning inside Waukegan's Thomas Jefferson Middle School, causing a temporary evacuation and resulting in what officials described as a minor injury...
Waukegan man gets periodic imprisonment for Gurnee Mills tampering plea
A Waukegan man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months of felony probation, including 18 months of periodic imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of tampering with a...
Ex-North Chicago police chief seeks dismissal of theft charges
An attorney for former North Chicago police Chief Michael Newsome has filed a motion to dismiss theft and misconduct charges, claiming the statute of limitations on the case has run...
Captured on escape charge, Antioch teen held in jail on $1M bail
Bail was set at $1 million for an Antioch teen on Friday morning, a day after he was captured in Chicago on charges of fleeing a periodic imprisonment program for...
Attorney: Teen accused of texting in fatal crash never Mirandized
A Winthrop Harbor teen accused of striking and fatally injuring a Waukegan man while allegedly using a cell phone while driving last summer was never read her Miranda rights, her...
Man gets 30 years for beating girlfriend to death
An Antioch Township man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for the 2012 beating death of his former girlfriend in her home following an alcohol-fueled argument. Michael Axtell,...
Wanted Antioch teen ‘taken completely by surprise’ in Chicago
An Antioch 19-year-old wanted on a $1 million arrest warrant for allegedly violating his aggravated DUI probation was "taken completely by surprise" in Chicago on Thursday by Lake County Sheriff's...
Two charged with drug-induced homicide in death of Lindenhurst man
A Fox Lake woman and a Lakemoor man have been indicted on drug-induced homicide charges in connection with the death of a 29-year-old Lindenhurst man last fall. Matthew Rosene, 28,...