A Waukegan man was ordered detained until trial on accusations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a Lake County victim ...

Six horses were killed in a large barn fire in Harvard overnight, officials said. The Harvard Fire Protection District was ...

Sheriff's officials say the Lake County Jail in Waukegan is undergoing renovations to upgrade an area in the jail containing safety cells as part of efforts to modernize the facility.

One person was injured after an electric dirt bike collided with a Ford F-150 pickup in Huntley early Sunday morning, police said.

A McHenry woman charged with intentional homicide following a cold case in Kenosha is free from jail after posting $500,000 bail, records show.

Four new police K-9 teams have graduated from a Grayslake dog training academy and are ready to start protecting citizens in Lake County, authorities said.

A former longtime employee of Algonquin-based School District 300 has been sentenced to seven years in prison for luring and grooming a child to create child pornography, court records show.