Lake Villa Woman Returns Home, Finds Burglars
A woman arrived home Saturday night and found two men who had stolen her bicycle and two of her scooters in northwest suburban unincorporated Lake Villa. The second man was able to run away.
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A woman arrived home Saturday night and found two men who had stolen her bicycle and two of her scooters in northwest suburban unincorporated Lake Villa. The second man was able to run away.
The coroner's race is front and center in Lake County.
Cody Powell now faces felony charges of escape and criminal damage to government property.
Shortly before 10 a.m., someone spotted Matthew J. Strait's body in a ravine.
A man was fatally stabbed Saturday morning in northwest Indiana.
They took Xanax and drank alcohol at a party in north suburban Tower Lakes.
A man has been charged with wounding another man in a shooting early Monday in north suburban Beach Park.
The pilot was the only person on board, and no one was hurt, sheriff's police said.
An Ingleside resident hospitalized in late August was Lake County's first confirmed human case of West Nile virus this summer.
Layona Dragash, 14, was later found dead on the second story of the home, authorities said.
A California family that had just flown into O'Hare late Wednesday night became victims of a car theft not long after they rented a vehicle and hit the road for Wisconsin.
Robert Bruckner told a horrific tale of home invasion and murder. It wasn't true. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
Deputies responding at 1:17 p.m. to a call of an overdose at a home in the the 33600 block of North Evergreen Drive found a 22-year-old man unconscious and barely breathing in the basement, according to a statement from the Lake County sheriff's office.
Inmates at the Lake County Indiana jail are getting registered for health care, something they couldn't do in the past.
The Lake County Sheriff's Department said 22-year-old Richard Campos was working as a jail trustee on laundry detail at about noon Saturday, when he walked away from his work assignment.
Should you run on a trail or rack up miles on a treadmill? Take a look at the benefits of each type of running and where to run in Chicago right here.
Police shot and killed a man wanted on a warrant early Saturday morning in the northern suburbs.
This is the start of wildlife monitoring season in the Lake County Forest Preserves and so far biologists near Libertyville have discovered some signs that a re-introduced species may be doing all right.
Lake County's Dr. Thomas Rudd has been named Illinois Law Enforcement Executive of the Year. He likely won't be in office much longer. CBS 2's Brad Edwards explains.
In this Original Report, CBS 2's Brad Edwards speaks to Melissa Calusinski inside prison.
CBS 2's Marissa Bailey talked with investigators about the break-ins and what business owners and neighbors need to know.
Lake County Sheriff John Buncich has been trying to convince state lawmakers to remove an East Chicago city councilman who was re-elected last year, even though he has been in jail for murder since October.
Rather than call for help, a father and son from north suburban Beach Park allowed a Schaumburg man to overdose on illegal drugs and then abandoned the victim in his car a block from their residence, Lake County police say.
Ahead of that hearing, there were prayers Thursday night for defendant Melissa Calusinski. CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports.
The head of an anti-tax group says the latest government pension survey of Lake County shows some outrageous payouts to retirees, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.