Body found inside burning Fox Lake home
The man was brought outside to paramedics, who pronounced him dead.
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Law & Order column: Lake County police-response program receives national award, state grant
The Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COaST) was recognized by the National Association of Counties with its Achievement Award. The award recognizes innovative and effective county government programs that strengthen...
Alleged Highland Park parade shooter rejects plea deal as victims look on: ‘Absolute unadulterated evil’
The accused killer in the Highland Park 4th of July shooting made a surprise reversal and refused to go along with the guilty plea his attorneys had worked out, disappointing...
Highland Park parade shooting survivors, victims’ families expected at alleged gunman’s plea-change hearing
A hearing on Wednesday may conclude the criminal prosecution of Robert Crimo III in the mass shooting at the 2022 Highland Park Fourth of July parade that killed seven and...
Law & Order column: Tests confirm arm found on Waukegan beach belonged to Milwaukee woman
She was killed on April 2, and parts of her dismembered body were found along the shore in the Milwaukee area.
Robert Crimo III expected to change not guilty plea in Highland Park July 4 mass shooting
Crimo, charged with killing seven and wounding dozens more at an Independence Day parade almost two years ago, is expected to change his plea at a Wednesday hearing.
Authorities identify girls killed in Antioch-area jet ski crash
The coroner’s office said 16-year-old Sarina Vootkur of Lake Forest, California, and 13-year-old Elle Kim of Long Grove died from blunt force injuries when the jet ski they were riding...
2 teens die in Lake Marie jet ski crash near Antioch
The jet ski was headed north at a high rate of speed when it collided with a 21-foot cabin cruiser that was traveling west on the lake, piloted by a...
State attorney general files suit about Waukegan hospital demolition
The suit, filed Monday in Lake County Court, seeks a court order to make the owner/operator of the Lake Behavioral Center file a plan to decontaminate the site and safely...
Vernon Hills man convicted of murder in 2021 shooting outside Gurnee Mills
Gonzalez testified that he acted in self-defense, although prosecutors said there was no evidence that Denicolas was armed.