Illinois health officials say the first tick to test positive for a bacteria that can transmitted to humans has been confirmed in Lake County.
A man stole hundreds of vases from cemeteries in McHenry and Lake counties, authorities say, and was selling them for scrap.
A juvenile boy suffered serious injuries after being stabbed by another juvenile Tuesday in Wonder Lake, officials report.
The McHenry County Sheriff's Office announced it has identified a person of interest and a vehicle believed involved in the hit-and-run crash that killed Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake on Friday.
A Johnsburg woman was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol for a fifth time.
Sixteen jail inmates were taken to various hospitals after the bus they were riding in crashed in Lake County on their way to McHenry County Jail.
A McHenry man convicted in a 1999 Lake County DUI crash that killed his 16-year-old passenger has pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence from a 2022 charge.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office and other police agencies are conducting a ground search for a suspect involved with a Chicago murder, officials said
Details emerge from April 11 dog attack near McHenry that led to one dog killed by police and one on the loose for six days. The owner of the dogs was in court Thursday.