Lake County

A Round Lake Beach man charged with beating his girlfriend's 6-year-old child has been ordered held on $500,000 bond.

An SUV crashed into a gas pump in Waukegan, causing a fire. Surveillance video captured the flames.

'OPERATION SCARECROW': Police Officers with the Lake County Sheriff's Department Special Operations Division gathered intelligence during three surveillance operations at gun shows that were held at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point, Indiana, authorities said.

A 19-year-old woman was shot to death in an apartment in Park City Tuesday afternoon.

"They tried to bribe him with McDonald's and saying, ‘look just tell us you were there," family attorney Kevin O’Connor said.

A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds Sunday evening at a Park City apartment complex.

Deputies said they could tell James Dolan was drunk after he crashed a school bus carrying students from a suburban Chicago school. Luckily, no one was hurt.

Waukegan police said that Desteny Rodriguez was among four people who met up in the Walmart parking lot to “trade” guns. Rodriguez attempted to rob the two people in the other group, police said, and shots were fired.

Waukegan Police said that when officers arrived at the Walmart at about 1:30 p.m., they found signs that there had been a shooting, but no victims. One of the victims was found inside a car that had been in a car crash, and another was dumped at a hospital.

Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor Chicago are planning to hire 4,000 new employees ahead of the 2022 season.

The widow of a disgraced Fox Lake Lieutenant entered a guilty plea to one count of deceptive practices in court. 

A body found last week at Illinois Beach State Park has been identified as a Highwood man who went missing in early February.