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.

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.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office on Thursday announced two new canines that will be joining the agency alongside Canine Dax's son, who was introduced in February.

A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to paying a private seller with a fake ...

The Round Lake Beach police chief has announced he will be retiring this week following 28 years of service with the ...

The former owner of The Boatyard in Antioch, which is now called Anchor Pointe Marina, has been sentenced to probation after ...

Prosecutors say a man claimed he had loaded guns while threatening violence toward employees and a foundation in Lincolnshire that provides services to disabled people.

Plant employees were evacuated after a fire broke out and filled a large manufacturing plant with smoke near Woodstock Tuesday evening, authorities said.