Lake County

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Dashcam video was released Monday that shows a suburban Chicago police officer risking his life to protect other drivers from a DUI suspect who was going the wrong way.

“You get out of life what you put into life,” Red Cross volunteer Tony Bustos said before he left. “If I want someone to be there to help me, I should be willing to help someone else.”

Officer Jon Finze was patrolling with his K9, Badger, when they had to block traffic to stop a wrong-way drunk driver, police said.

The 25-year-old allegedly attempted to kick out the squad car windows and took her seatbelt off. When deputies attempted to put her seatbelt back on, she headbutted one of the deputies in the face.

On September 1, the average high is 80° and the average low is 62°. By November 30, the average high will be 42° and the average low will be 29°.

In Chicago and the suburbs, at least 15 hospitals were packed with patients and reporting more than 90% of the beds were taken. One hospital, Silver Cross in New Lenox, was at 100% capacity.

A school bus driver in Waukegan has been charged with sexually abusing a minor. 

The teen was about six months pregnant at the time of her death. Police believe the last day she was alive was August 10, seen in a surveillance image taken from where she was living in Chicago.

Police found a man who had been shot lying on a sidewalk Sunday morning in Waukegan.

An animal rescue farm in Grayslake has an abundance of furry creatures to love, but is lacking the resources to care for them.

Deputies learned that Mark Mortensen allegedly battered a woman he was in a relationship with, used a weapon and stabbed her.

A 42-year-old Beach Park man has been charged after he allegedly shot two men outside of a residence in Waukegan.

Nineteen lucky Illinois residents have been drawn in the state's final "All In for the Win" vaccine lottery.