Lou Carlozo

A $7.5 million project to renovate and reopen the Illinois Beach State Park lodge is expected to begin in March, park officials said. The Illinois Department of Conservation has entered...

Police arrested a Waukegan man Tuesday after they allegedly found two assault rifles and other weapons in his car during a routine traffic stop near an elementary school. Craig R....

Lake County sheriff's police were searching Tuesday for suspects in the theft of a $4,000 bronze statue from a village store. The 150-pound statue, which depicts a dragon emerging from...

In the face of federal spending cuts, large food banks that depend on government money and surplus commodities are bracing for hard times-and in some cases already scrambling to make...

Two Zion teenagers were treated and released from a Zion hospital Thursday, following a bizarre double accident that involved the car the teens were driving and later the ambulance transporting...

In an attempt to correct communications problems plaguing the Sheriff's Department, the County Board approved a study Friday to revamp its radio system. Ram Communications of Highland Park will be...

A 40-year-old Waukegan man has been charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence following a two-car accident in Gurnee that left a Wisconsin man dead, Gurnee police said...

An unidentified woman was killed Wednesday morning when she was hit by a southbound Metra train. The train was just outside Braeside Station about 6:30 a.m. when it hit the...

The Village Board is scheduled to vote Monday on buying a firetruck that would replace a 32-year-old ladder truck, fire officials said. Mundelein Fire Chief Randy Justus said the $458,000...

In a freak accident Tuesday on a Milwaukee expressway, a minivan carrying a Chicago family burst into flames, killing five children and critically injuring the parents and another child. The...