Officials say a man armed with a loaded gun in a McDonald's in Zion got into a physical struggle with responding police officers over the gun while he said, "I got my finger on the trigger." ...

Residents were able to escape without injury after a fire broke out and caused significant damage to a house in Fox Lake, leaving it uninhabitable, fire officials said.

A judge has found a Chicago man guilty of threatening a "military precision" mass shooting at the Lake County Courthouse in ...

Officials say a beloved turkey, nicknamed "Tina" after having become a familiar sight at a busy Crystal Lake intersection, has died after being hit by a vehicle.

Four suspects part of a larger crew allegedly burglarized a house in Long Grove, stealing cash and belongings, before fleeing from responding officers Wednesday.

The coroner has identified a 72-year-old woman but is still working to notify her family after she was found dead in a fire ...

A man has been sentenced to 40 days in jail after he and a woman pleaded guilty to keeping over two dozen cats in a U-Haul van for months, resulting in severe medical issues, in Island Lake.