Jim Newton

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after being convicted in May of attempted murder and other charges in a Zion hit-and-run that left a woman...

A former North Chicago police officer pleaded guilty to a prostitution charge Thursday in Lake County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 12 months probation. Ludwin W. Barreno pleaded guilty...

A jogger was in intensive care Thursday morning after being struck by a car Wednesday in Ela Township, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a...

Attorneys said in court Wednesday that they are preparing for an insanity defense in the upcoming trial of a man charged with attempted murder for the alleged random stabbing of...

Following up on what authorities described as concerns voiced by residents of a Warren Township apartment complex about possible drug sales in parking areas, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested...

The swearing in of Reginald Mathews as a new associate judge Monday morning brings an African American back to the Lake County Circuit Court bench for the first time in...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Gang Task Force announced Friday that a Chicago man was arrested this week on multiple heroin and firearm charges, concluding a lengthy investigation. Trae A. Wallace,...