Lake County (IL)

An autopsy released by the Lake County Coroner's Office Tuesday revealed the official cause of death of 6-year-old Damari Perry.

A mother charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 6-year-old son had lost custody of her four other children after an investigation by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in 2014.

On Monday, the father of 6-year-old Damari Perry held a balloon release for his murdered child. This comes as we learn more about the child's mother who is accused of killing her own son.

A man died after he was struck by two cars while lying down on a highway Sunday night in unincorporated Mundelein. 

Prosecutors said Damari did something his mom for which his mom thought he should be punished. He was put in cold water in a bathtub or shower in their home in North Chicago, and eventually started vomiting and passed out. He was taken out of the cold water; no one called 911 and he died.

A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with murdering her own little boy and then getting another son to help her hide the body.

Perry's mom, Jannie Perry, has been charged with first-degree murder and other crimes after Damari's body was found near an abandoned house in Gary.

The water temperature was 42 degrees.

A New Year's Day snowstorm is bringing snow to parts of Chicago that have not seen much since so far this winter.

A woman died and a man was injured in a crash on the Tri State Parkway Thursday night in north suburban Gurnee.

The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly robbed a bank in Round Lake Beach.

Bond has been set at $3 million for a Zion teen accused of firing shots that killed a 23-year-old mother who was reading the Bible to her daughter in October.

A man was shot Monday afternoon while sitting in a parked car in north suburban Waukegan.