Authorities said the incident began Thursday at around 9:40 p.m. when an officer received an automated signal that a car associated with a recent home invasion had been spotted near Greenwood ...

A new police canine has joined the Lake County Sheriff's Office. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch K9 ...

A 69-year-old man who killed a 21-year-old woman in 2008 in a drunken boating crash in Wonder Lake was sentenced to a year in ...

The Lake County Sheriff's Office warned residents of a new fraud scheme circulating in the county, the second scam alert from county officials this month. A scammer contacted an employee at the ...

Super Bowl weekend is here, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is reminding football fans and Super Bowl partygoers that ...

Sandra J. Pardo, 38, from Grayslake, was charged with Child endangerment, solicitation to meet a child, two counts of ...

A paraprofessional in Lake County was charged after the discovery of an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that “exciting news” will ... Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy John Forlenza appears at the Illinois State Capitol where lawmakers adopted a resolution ...

Yoder identified him as Jared M. Ward, 49, of Metamora. Preliminary autopsy results indicated Ward died from drowning due to ...

An Illinois man was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday after his conviction for setting the Lake County Jail’s lobby ...