MORNING BRIEFING: A roundup of top news stories for the far northern Chicago suburbs.
The college is now looking into its hiring procedures and has paused all in-person college and career navigation services at high schools.
The fight involved about a half-dozen inmates at the Lake County Jail in Waukegan, and an investigation is underway.
During a sentencing hearing, Lake County prosecutors pointed to pattern of violence as victim detailed lasting injuries from 2022 attack.
The man provided career services to students and is also accused of inappropriate conduct with College of Lake County staff, students.
Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area for the next 30 to 45 minutes while emergency crews respond and work to clear the scene.
Robert J. Holbach, 48, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, faces charges in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, following his Saturday arrest.
Improper disposal of smoking materials is believed to have sparked the Hainesville blaze. A firefighter sustained minor injuries.
Search crews battled wind and rain before the Lake County Sheriff’s K9 helped track down one of two missing individuals near Antioch.
On Monday, police executed a search warrant as part of an investigation into into the Friday shooting in Gurnee.
Authorities say a woman accidentally accelerated into multiple vehicles in the Meijer parking lot in Round Lake Beach Sunday afternoon.
The 35-year-old Antioch man misled deputies before admitting to producing child pornography, police said.
The 18-year-old was last seen leaving school, police said.
Trent Schneider, 58, of Winthrop Harbor, was found guilty of “making a true threat in interstate commerce to injure a person."
The collision happened Saturday night on Grand Avenue near Dilleys Road in Gurnee, police said.
Fire crews say a firework may have ignited the pickup, leaving the teen with serious burns and the vehicle destroyed.
The 18-year-old Round Lake man now faces charges following the March 12 incident.
Christopher Alfaro-Rodriguez died from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a Dalton Avenue home, officials said.
Lake County deputies say a gunshot was heard over the phone with dispatchers during an argument between the homeowner and the fishermen.
The drive-by shooting claimed the life of Alejandro Castaneda, who was attending the party in Ingleside, police said.
The crash happened at Route 21 and Grand Avenue in Gurnee on Saturday night.
Prosecutors say the Round Lake Beach mother and her boyfriend abused and starved the boy, who died on Feb. 6.
A minivan driver says oncoming truck lights temporarily blinded him prior to the collision happening on Feb. 27 in Grayslake.
Police say the boy ran to a floral shop for help after enduring years of beatings, threats and humiliation inside his Fox Lake home.
Officers responded and worked with the Gurnee Fire Department and the Great Lakes Naval Station Bomb Detection Dog Team to investigate.
Prosecutors said the unprovoked attack left the victim with more than 40 stab wounds.
The winning ticket was sold at the Woodman's in Lakemoor.
House Bill 2731 could create a pilot program, which could allow Lake County prosecutors to provide legal aid to non-citizen victims.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Team also arrested 13 alleged predators last year, police said Tuesday.
The incident happened late Friday night in Lake Villa.
Authorities have arrested the 28-year-old Evanston man on charges of aggravated battery with a firearm following the January shooting.
A man and woman accused of causing the Round Lake Beach boy's death will be held behind bars as court proceedings move forward in Lake Co.
The mother of the boy and her boyfriend will appear in court in Lake County Monday afternoon.
The 8-year-old victim's body showed signs of longterm malnourishment and abuse, authorities said.
Katelyn Harmon, 25, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with hitting 2 pedestrians, police said.
The collision happened at about 2:15 p.m. Monday at Washington Street and Atkinson Road.
The 25-year-old from Waukesha, Wisconsin, was taken into custody on Monday morning.
The shooting took place outside a home in the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue Grayslake Friday evening, police said.
An 86-year-old woman was also injured in the crash at Washington Street and Atkinson Road on Monday afternoon, police said.
Fire crews responded to the renewable natural gas facility in the 1900 block of South Illinois Route 83 at about 5:20 a.m. on Monday.