A family was left homeless after a fire fully engulfed a backyard gazebo and then spread to a house, causing approximately $100,000 in damage, in Zion Wednesday afternoon.

A Woodstock man is among six suspects arrested and accused of operating brothels in northern Illinois following a human exploitation investigation, authorities announced.

A woman in her mid-30s was found dead after she was struck by a Metra train while reportedly walking along the train tracks in Woodstock Wednesday evening.

A victim was hospitalized with serious injuries after police say a man punched him in the face at the Metra station in ...

A man suffered second-degree burns to his face and hands after a candle exploded at a mobile home park in unincorporated ...

A man was flown to the hospital with serious injuries after a tree fell down onto him while he was trying to cut it down at a ...

The Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team investigates a crash involving an electric dirt bike and an SUV that left a teenage boy dead at the entrance to Wauconda High School Tuesday evening. | ...

A teenage boy has died after he was critically injured in a crash with an SUV while riding an electric dirt bike next to ...

Ryan Kang, 26, of Vernon Hills, (inset) is accused of making an array of threats toward people and institutions, including Vernon Hills High School, and was arrested over the weekend. | Background ...

Canine Hitch, who was born in 2014, died on Saturday at the age of 12 after he retired from the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office in April 2024 where he worked as a comfort and emotional support ...

Prosecutors say a Mexican national fatally shot his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend while the two were talking and then also tried ...

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a Metra train on the NCS line near Lake Cook Road between Buffalo Grove and Wheeling ...