Michael Kates

A 19-year-old Round Lake Beach machine operator died late Wednesday after he was electrocuted at work. Erik Peterson, an employee of Tuscarora Plastics Inc., 181 Ida Ave., was pronounced dead...

More than 100 tombstones at a historic cemetery were toppled or damaged over the weekend, causing thousands of dollars in damage, according to an official with the cemetery association. The...

A dispute Sunday morning escalated into gunfire at a local gas station, leaving a Woodridge man wounded and a Chicago woman in jail, police said. Highland Park police received a...

Residents will be getting their water from Highland Park until further notice after a petroleum product was discovered in Highwood's water supply, said Highwood Mayor John Sirotti. In addition, an...

A Chicago teenager drowned in a Wisconsin lake and a 7-year-old Lemont boy drowned while swimming in a Tinley Park lake with a playmate Saturday. The Chicago teen drowned while...

Two local juveniles were arrested Monday night and two more were being sought in connection with possible thefts to hundreds of automobiles in the last two weeks, police said. The...

Officials had no suspects Sunday in a suspicious weekend fire that destroyed a detached garage. The fire began about 2:15 p.m. Saturday in the back of the 1 1/2 story...

Wife killer Herman Williams tried Wednesday first to reduce his sentence, then to get a new trial. He failed in both attempts in Lake County Court. Richard Kopskick, Williams' court-appointed...

Two people were gunned down near the same street corner on the southeast side of the city within 48 hours of each other over the weekend. Friday night, Javier Cancino...

In what might be considered a sign of unusually tight times, or simply a nonchalant attitude about bills that don't reach four figures, a group of Lake Forest parents are...