Michael Kates

A local man, who police say has never spent a night away from home without telling his family first, was still missing Monday, more than a week after he was...

(This is one of seven stories and six tables, published Dec. 29 and 30, associated with the release of the 1993 Illinois State Police crime report.) Violent crime dropped sharply...

Police have recovered the stolen car of a local store owner who was slain nearly two weeks ago, but were tight-lipped about details of the discovery. The black 1993 Lincoln...

A popular high school coach is no longer in critical condition nearly a month after a near-fatal shooting near his Kenosha home. Gerald Green was upgraded to satisfactory condition and...

Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of the slaying of a local businessman late last week. After the killing of Fred Reckling, 71, a lifelong Waukegan...

Authorities don't suspect foul play in the death of a stepson of Aldwin McNeal, the man accused of murdering two men in a Waukegan pizza shop earlier this year, the...

A former city alderman was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after he allegedly rear-ended a car at a traffic light, police said Thursday. John Gearica, 66, who...

A North Chicago man was convicted Thursday of breaking into a 77-year-old woman's home and robbing and sexually assaulting her. A Lake County jury found Charles Hughes, 31, guilty on...

Former Bears lineman Keith Van Horne was charged with battery Wednesday in connection with an Oct. 11 altercation with a woman at a Riverwoods gas station, officials said. Van Horne...

A 38-year-old McHenry man was indicted in Lake County Court on Wednesday on five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for allegedly having sex on two occasions with his son's...