Lake County

A Hammond woman is facing charges for driving under the influence after crashing a truck into a traffic light pole in Lake Forest Sunday morning.

A suburban family is grieving the loss of a loved one whose body was temporarily stuck overseas; a Downers Grove restaurant has been inducted into the Hot Dog Hall of Fame; and the city of Chicago is mourning a firefighter who died battling a blaze in Lincoln Park. 

A Cook County man is accused of crashing a stolen vehicle in Long Grove and then carjacking a woman at a gas station before also crashing her vehicle Saturday morning.

A donated gold coin, valued at $1,200, was discovered in a Salvation Army Red Kettle in a Chicago suburb on Thursday night.

A 68-year-old Wisconsin woman was killed in a head-on collision Friday morning near north suburban Zion.

The body of a suburban woman who died overseas is expected to arrive home by Friday morning, according to the family of Justice Gatlin.

A Round Lake man was arrested after he allegedly crashed into a police officer's car on purpose while under the influence Wednesday afternoon. 

The father of the alleged Highland Park mass shooter turned himself in on Wednesday as ordered by a judge following his guilty plea last week. 

A terrifying carjacking and kidnapping in Libertyville earlier this year was made even worse when the carmaker refused to provide GPS tracking information to police.

The woman convicted of killing the pregnant girlfriend of a former Chicago Bear in 2007 was back in court on Monday.

A Burbank man was arrested this weekend after allegedly leading police on an hour-long chase from Chicago's Southwest Side to the Wisconsin border Saturday evening.