The county has spent millions0 in taxpayer dollars housing inmates that were supposed to be transferred to state prisons, authorities say.
Investigators with the state fire marshal are assisting in an investigation into the house fire.
The Beach Park man died Monday after he was rescued from Lake Michigan near Zion by Good Samaritans.
The unemployment rate in Lake County is lower than the Illinois average.
The apartment building has been deemed uninhabitable following the Saturday evening fire.
The Gurnee Police Department said the police dog is retiring after seven years of service with the department.
Bystanders pulled the man from the water after he went under the water at the Illinois Beach State Park Monday evening.
A four-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike that was approved in March by the Lake County Board went into effect in the county on Thursday.
Sheriff's deputies arrested two teens, 17 and 18, for allegations they fired l multiple shots from a gun into a wooded area.
A 20-year-old woman has been charged after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed while the two were playing around with a gun.
The man went into Lake Michigan near the Waukegan Municipal Beach early Sunday morning.
Here is how the Libertyville area is doing with coronavirus vaccinations.
The village levies no local property tax. It's top three money makers are Six Flags Great America, Great Wolf Lodge and Gurnee Mills.
New data released this week shows that crime, jail populations, and arrests are all declining simultaneously in Lake County, indicating ...
See the latest announcement from the Lake County Government.
Two juveniles were among four shot overnight in North Chicago during multiple shootings in the span of a few hours.
Our updated Greenbook will be released for publication on June 24th in the following periodicals: Daily Herald, Lake County Journal, Lak ...
LCDOT will be closing Fremont Center Road, from Illinois Route 60 to Erhart Road to through traffic starting Tuesday, June 29 at 5 a.m. ...
During the morning hours of June 16, 2021, Lake County Sheriff's Deputies executed an arrest warrant and apprehended Tramane Johnson, 27 ...
LCDOT will be applying pavement rejuvenator, a glue-type substance that can extend the life of a road by five years, to eight newly comp ...
The state will eliminate all capacity limits on businesses, large-scale events, conventions, amusement parks, and all other venues.
McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler said residents have waited “15 long months for this day.”
The victim sustained gunshot wounds to his head and shoulder. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital.
Mercedes Rodas, 49, and Carlos Rafael Rodas Perez, 52, both of Beach Park, are accused of killing Mercedes Rodas and Carlos Rafael Roda.
Buffalo Grove, IL - The Lake County Division of Transportation will begin pavement patching on Deerfield Parkway between Krause Drive an ...
Sheriff John D. Idleburg is pleased to announce the milestone of 99% of our Lake County Sheriff's Deputies successfully completing the C ...
Libertyville Village Board trustees approved a BYO liquor license for Oh Olive, the Olive Oil Store this past week.
The McHenry County Department of Health has issued a contamination advisory after reports of swimmer's itch at Crystal Lake Main Beach.
A rollover crash left three people hospitalized and caused Washington Street in Gurnee to be shut down for several hours.
Fox Lake Acting Police Chief Dawn Deservi said the crash involved five vehicles.
One driver died and another was injured after a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a sedan in Spring Grove Monday morning.
Rep. Bos letter calls on Pritzker to stop running state by COVID-19 Executive Order with state entering full reopening in Phase 5.
The McHenry vaccination site, located at the former Kmart store at 1900 North Richmond Road in McHenry, will operate from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ladarrius M. Cowart, 18, of Gurnee, died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head.
Stephen Kamen, 72, of Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake, Wisconsin, died from multiple injuries.
Lake County's unemployment rate is lower than the Illinois average.
North Chicago's fire chief, who is one of only two female fire chiefs in Illinois, announced her retirement after nearly 30 years.
Rep. Chris Bos responds to Gov. Pritzker signing gerrymandered redistricting map.
Six new road construction projects are set to begin or have already begun in Lake County.
John J. Paul, 56, of Gurnee, faces several charges in connection with the crash near Libertyville last weekend.