9+ hour, 56+ min ago   (972+ words) ComEd has filed another lawsuit against Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan seeking over $1.4 million for unpaid electric bills, a month after a judge ordered the hospital to pay more than $822,000 when it never showed up in court. The lawsuit…...

13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (494+ words) A Wonder Lake man allegedly led officers on a 100+ mph pursuit in Wauconda and then attacked a police officer during the chase, later admitting he fled because he was “broke” and did not want to pay the tickets. A Wauconda…...

15+ hour, 45+ min ago   (275+ words) A Lake Villa man was arrested after allegedly unlawfully videotaping a woman while she was in a changing room at Gurnee Mills mall, with the victim confronting the suspect and taking his phone. The Gurnee Police Department responded around 12:30 p.m. on…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (254+ words) A medical helicopter was called to fly a 15-year-old boy to a children’s hospital after police say he accidentally shot himself, resulting in critical injury, and tried to cover up the incident in Waukegan. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (513+ words) Firefighters had to extricate three people and transport two of them to the hospital after a multiple-vehicle crash caused heavy damage along Route 45 near Gurnee, fire officials said. The Gurnee Fire Department, Gurnee Police Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (793+ words) A family says they are grateful for the community’s donations, which allowed a Lake Forest police officer to return to Chicago on Tuesday on a medical flight after being critically injured on vacation in Nicaragua. The family of Lake Forest…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (389+ words) The coroner has released the identity of a Waukegan man who was rescued from Lake Michigan while swimming at Illinois Beach State Park near Zion and died of drowning Sunday afternoon. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (566+ words) A Gurnee man is facing attempted murder charges after prosecutors say he fired a gun at a vehicle in Park City, narrowly missing the driver, in what a judge called an “unprovoked random attack.” Kaveal C. Butler, 36, of Gurnee, was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (617+ words) A Mexican national who was deported to Mexico returned to the United States and was arrested for allegedly strangling a woman for nearly 20 seconds during an attack in front of their young child in North Chicago. Gabriel Arizmendi Popoca, 26, of…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (264+ words) A family was left homeless after a fire broke out in their condo and forced the evacuation of other residents, prompting a large fire department response in Buffalo Grove Saturday evening. The Buffalo Grove Fire Department and Buffalo Grove Police…...