John Gorman

Four robbery charges that were pending against murderer Aldwin McNeal were dropped Monday. Assistant Lake County State's Atty. George Strickland also dropped an aggravated battery charge against McNeal, 29. A...

A Lake County judge said Wednesday he will decide during the trial of Aldwin McNeal whether his brother Tyron McNeal will be granted immunity to testify at Aldwin McNeal's trial...

A Lake County judge Tuesday ruled that prosecutors could use two prior allegations by young women in the sexual-abuse trial next week of a former Round Lake Beach minister. Lake...

Fifteen lawyers have applied for an associate judge position in the 19th Judicial Circuit, which serves Lake and McHenry Counties. Perhaps the most prominent among the list of candidates is...

A Lake County Circuit Court judge Wednesday refused to transfer to another county the case of a man accused of threatening several local judges and the clerk of the court....

Former Island Lake police officer Rena Jensen surrendered to jail officials Tuesday to begin serving a six-month term for the near-fatal shooting of her boyfriend. Jensen, 31, has already served...

Police were looking Thursday for whoever broke into 15 cars this week in the Ingleside area and stole items of minor value, according to Lake County sheriff's police. Lt. Chester...

Chief Judge Stephen Walter has announced an opening for an associate judge who will help ease the burden in the 19th Judicial Circuit. Walter said that the Illinois Supreme Court...

A Waukegan police officer pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges that he struck his girlfriend and threatened to kill her with his service revolver. At the arraignment of William Clayton, 33,...

As he nears his two-year term as chief judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Judge Stephen Walter is concerned about crowd control. Not the kind at a Bears...