John Gorman

A Lake County judge Thursday refused to transfer the murder trial of James Woods to another county, a change requested because of what a defense attorney said was the extensive...

Murder suspect Aldwin McNeal pleaded innocent Thursday to armed robbery and aggravated battery charges in a crime spree that authorities said he began in January. In his appearance before Lake...

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for his part in the armed robbery that led to the killing of a restaurant's night watchman nearly 27...

The suspect accused of killing two men during a robbery at Maude's Pizza in Waukegan pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of first-degree murder. Aldwin McNeal, 28, of Zion appeared before...

Former Libertyville Trustee Donald Coulson has been released on bond from the Lake County Jail on charges that he tried to hire an undercover police officer posing as a hit...

A Gary man who is accused of firing at police to escape at the end of a car chase near Highland Park has been indicted on multiple charges. Lewis Reid,...

A former sailor at Great Lakes Naval Training Center has surrendered to authorities to face a charge that he murdered his infant son. Byron Doss, 24, drove from Texas to...

A Bellwood man wanted in connection with the theft of more than $100,000 from a bank in Chicago last week was arrested over the weekend by Deerfield police as he...

The Chicago metropolitan region, finally breaking the grip of the national economic recession, added more than 41,000 jobs last year, according to a new study from the Illinois Department of...

Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the murder trial of a chief petty officer from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center accused of beating his ex-wife to death...