A Lake County boy contracted HIV from a 29-year-old man he met on a mobile dating app, the sheriff's office said.
Law enforcement has concerns for the welfare of a 46-year-old veteran who has been missing since Monday morning.
A half-mile stretch of Interstate 94 in Lake County was officially dubbed the Trooper Gerald W. Ellis Memorial Highway Monday.
CBS 2’s Chris Tye heard from the heroic officers who saved the woman. They said what they saw in the back seat was still giving them chills.
A Union Pacific North Line train suffered a mechanical failure after "bumping" the rear of a car and sending its driver to the hospital.
A 40-year-old man was killed and four others — including a 10-year-old girl — were injured after being struck by an SUV Friday in Waukegan.
Police said the driver had alcohol and amphetamines in his system during the fiery Route 41 crash that killed a 20-year-old mother in April.
Police are looking for the driver of a black sedan that struck and killed a 53-year-old man early Saturday morning in Waukegan.
There will be lots to see and do at the public safety open house, but we're most interested in meeting the state's attorney's therapy dogs.
A 39-year-old man is being accused of stealing multiple items from an unlocked car in Gurnee.
The sheriff joined dozens of sheriffs and police chiefs nationally in signing a letter saying immigration enforcement is a federal matter.
Here's some of what the Lake County Sheriff's Office has been up to lately.
Man with two warrants found asleep in bathroom; drunk driver had four times legal limit: Lake Forest-Lake Bluff police blotters, Aug. 1–14
Teenagers who arranged to purchase drugs on social media found themselves robbed at knifepoint by three Evanston residents, police said.
Bicyclist charged with grabbing jogger's behind; drunk driver punches motorist, gets knocked out: Lake Forest, Lake Bluff police blotters
The father accused of imprisoning his 10-year-old daughter in the basement of his Waukegan home will undergo a second mental fitness trial.
A member of a special rescue team rappelled down the elevator shaft around 3 a.m. to reach the trapped worker.
All three Chicago felons who led police on an 8-mile chase into the Highland Park police station admitted taking part in the 2017 robbery.
Hours after the crash that left two dead in Waukegan, she had a blood alcohol concentration of over twice the legal limit, prosecutors said.
Detectives track down identity thief, drunk Milwaukee woman with two warrants drives off road: Lake Forest Police Blotter, June 26–July 10
Multiple people hospitalized after uninsured driver causes crash; drunk drivers found crashed into pole: Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Blotter
Several baggies containing "white rocklike" substance were found in the stomach of a 31-year-old Waukegan man who fled police Thursday.
Andre Jones was sentenced Monday for the March 2018 killing of Melvin DeVost II after he left a bar on Green Bay Road in North Chicago.
BMW clocked at 120 MPH in a construction zone with child in car; warrant arrest while serving restraining order: Lake Forest police blotter
At least two men were caught on tape using credit cards stolen from the family of pastor during morning prayer service, police said.
The north suburban gang member picked up a 15-year-old at an Indiana gas station and took her to Illinois and Wisconsin for prostitution.
Firefighters found a Lake Forest resident trapped on her roof as smoke billowed from her home below.
Undercover investigation leads to Lake Forest man's arrest; crack pipe found on Wisconsin DUI driver: Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Police Blotters
Lake Forest man crashes with 3 times the legal limit of alcohol; cops catch shoplifters in parking lot: Lake Forest blotter, April 15–May 8
AB Specialty Silicones released the name of the fourth employee who died in Friday's explosion at its Sunset Avenue plant.
He declared "cyber war" after getting fired and livestreamed death threats against witnesses on the eve of his trial, prosecutors said.
The 49-year-old was driving drunk before he showed up at his former spouse's work and home last month.
The search continued Tuesday for a missing employee of the silicone plant where a massive blast last weekend shook the ground for miles.
The Illinois native was sentenced to three years probation following his arrest last year at a sobriety checkpoint in Southern California.
A Lake County judge ruled the 27-year-old who police said tried to rob a Waukegan police officer with a BB gun in 2017 fit to stand trial.
The 18-year-old Alabama native is the second recruit to die after collapsing during a Navy fitness test in just over 2 months.
Trio found in stolen car wanted for questioning by several other departments: Lake Forest police blotter for March 14 to April 14.
A Libertyville resident who jumped 30 feet onto railroad tracks Monday in unincorporated Lake Bluff was seriously injured, authorities said.
Fake $100 bills with identical serial numbers were used hundreds of times before police and federal agents executed a search warrant.
A 20-year-old woman riding in a car that left the road and caught fire was pronounced dead at the scene of Friday's crash, police said.