John Gorman

The Coast Guard has discontinued its search for two missing teenage boaters who disappeared last weekend in a sailboat mishap on Lake Michigan, officials said Thursday. The Coast Guard had...

Five hundred and one years after the Nina carried Christopher Columbus and his crew to the New World, a replica of the historic ship will be on display at the...

The Village Board next week is expected to approve a ban on spray paint sales to minors as part of its year-old "zero tolerance" of street gang activity. At its...

The Village Board next week is expected to approve a ban on spray paint sales to minors as part of its year-old "zero tolerance" of street gang activity. At its...

A student at Trinity College allegedly shook his 2 1/2-year-old stepdaughter so severely for crying that she sustained head injuries, police said Thursday. Police Chief Thomas Potter said that Shangi...

Case closed: State's Atty. Michael Waller said Thursday that his office has closed the books on its inquiry into an offer Mettawa Mayor Julius Abler made to County Forest Preserve...

As snow days go, Friday was a scorcher. When temperatures went above 90 degrees and humidity went above 50 percent, schoolroom windows became magnifying glasses and the air behind them...

Lake County State's Atty. Michael Waller said Thursday he does not believe any laws were broken by the mayor of Mettawa in offering to fund a Forest Preserve District referendum...

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs has given the county $300,000 to help residents who found themselves out of work because of flooding. The rains that swamped large...

A prominent North Shore and Chicago plastic surgeon was shot to death Friday afternoon in his Wilmette office by a man who drove away in a fading Volkswagen Beetle, officials...