Jim Newton

The Lake County Sheriff's Office is conducting extra traffic safety patrols before, during and after the Thanksgiving holiday, with the extra enforcement scheduled to run through Nov. 27. "Thanksgiving Eve...

A jury deliberated less than two hours Friday before finding a Waukegan man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 carjacking and fatal shooting of a 44-year-old resident of the...

A Waukegan man initially charged with drug-induced homicide in the death of an Antioch man has accepted a plea deal to another charge from Lake County prosecutors and is scheduled...

Looking for something nice to do for someone else this holiday season? You could join a growing army of volunteers donating gifts for children with cancer in a local effort...

Both defendants charged with perjury connected to nominating petitions for the Libertyville-Vernon Hills Community High School District 128 board election in April are now in plea deal discussions with prosecutors....

A Round Lake Beach woman charged with murder in the death of her 6-year-old son in July apparently took the child's body on a train to Chicago after his death,...