Barricade situation near Antioch ends safely
Police surrounded a home near Antioch in which a suicidal man armed with a rifle barricaded himself for more than 7 hours today before he was taken into custody and...
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Teen’s killer gets 30 years for stabbing after drug fight
By the time he was adopted from a Russian orphanage by a Chicago-area couple at age 11, John Herres had witnessed his biological mother run over by a drunken driver...
Police seek leads in fatal shooting of Lake County Fair volunteer
Authorities are looking for leads in the shooting death of a longtime Lake County Fair volunteer. Harry Dahms, 68, was found dead in the driveway of his home along the...
Officials: Former Lake County Fair official found shot to death
A former Lake County Fair director was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the driveway of his home in unincorporated Lake County Friday morning, officials announced...
Officials: Former Lake County Fair official found shot to death
A former Lake County Fair director was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the driveway of his home in unincorporated Lake County Friday morning, officials announced...
Convict cleared in ’94 Waukegan slaying; 4th time DNA trumps prosecutors
For the fourth time in less than two years, DNA evidence has forced Lake County prosecutors to reverse course in a violent criminal case and exonerate a man who spent...
After 16 years in prison, man cleared in ’94 Waukegan slaying
After spending 16 years in prison for a murder that authorities now say he did not commit, James Edwards today was cleared of the 1994 killing of a Waukegan appliance...
After 16 years in prison, man cleared in ’94 Waukegan slaying
After spending 16 years in prison for a murder that authorities now say he did not commit, James Edwards today was cleared of the 1994 killing of a Waukegan appliance...
Wrongful sentence not over until paperwork is done
Eleven days after announcing murder charges against a man whose DNA matched blood found at the scene of a 1994 slaying at a Waukegan appliance store, a Lake County prosecutor...
Lake County prosecutors delay dropping murder charge against man in ’94 slaying
Ten days after announcing murder charges against a man whose DNA matched blood found at the scene of a 1994 slaying at a Waukegan appliance store, a Lake County prosecutor...