Crystal Lake

A Crystal Lake man has been charged with trying to stab another man to death during a home invasion Thursday in an unincorporated area near the northwest suburb.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services confirmed Friday that Carlos Acosta and his supervisor Andrew Polovin left the agency after a lengthy internal investigation.

Cunningham, 36, faces a prison sentence of 20 to 60 years in prison for the April murder of her son, the Daily Herald is reporting.

A judge has given a northern Illinois community permission to demolish the house where a couple allegedly beat their 5-year-old son to death.

A northern Illinois police officer has been ticketed for parking his patrol car in a handicapped-accessible parking space.

Christmas is around the corner and last week, the Salvation Army was gifted its first gold coin of the season in the Chicago area.

Police in the north suburbs are searching for a woman who attempted to rob a Crystal Lake gas station.

A man faces DUI charges after allegedly driving through the wall of an unoccupied church Thursday in northwest suburban Crystal Lake.

A man was arrested after allegedly stabbing three other men in a domestic dispute Thursday in northwest suburban Crystal Lake.

The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday asserts that Department of Child and Family Services worker Carlos Acosta and his supervisor, Andrew R. Polovin, either didn't investigate allegations that Andrew "AJ" Freund had been abused or found such allegations unfounded despite concerns about the boy raised by police and others.  

Dozens of people came together on Sunday to remember a little boy allegedly murdered by his parents.

A 44-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a northwest suburban youth baseball team over nearly three years.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old Crystal Lake girl Wednesday in northwest suburban Wonder Lake.

Illinois officials have suspended the law license of a suburban Chicago man charged in the beating death of his 5-year-old son.

A Crystal Lake woman has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a man and seriously injured a woman Monday in the northwest suburb.

Five people were arrested Monday in Crystal Lake after allegedly fleeing from police in a vehicle that had been stolen out of Wisconsin.