1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (600+ words) A judge sentenced a man to probation after prosecutors say he worked with 15-20 other motorcyclists to surround a 61-year-old man’s car before “brutally” beating the victim while armed in Lake in the Hills. Julio C. Salas, 36, of Sleepy Hollow, was…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (547+ words) A 21-year-old Illinois Army National Guard soldier, who is from the Algonquin area, died in a fiery crash while on his way home from an assignment, as state officials say he was a “dedicated and patriotic man.” The Illinois Army…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (510+ words) The wholesale distributor Essendant, which has operated for over 100 years, says it is laying off over 500 employees at its Lincolnshire headquarters and expects to shut down. Essendant Co. informed the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, along with Lincolnshire…...

4+ day, 17+ 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, 15+ hour ago   (256+ words) Milton Espino-Mejia, 25, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony, and traveling to meet a minor, a Class 3 felony. Espino-Mejia allegedly traveled from Chicago to meet and pick up the child on Friday, prosecutors said. The…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (305+ words) A McHenry man suffered critical, life-threatening injuries after a car turned directly in front of his motorcycle, causing a crash that shut down Route 12 in Fox Lake for hours Monday evening. The Fox Lake Police Department and Fox Lake Fire…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (461+ words) Prosecutors say a man was driving intoxicated for the fifth time — at over three times the legal drinking limit — when he slammed into another car, causing it to drive into a pond, leaving a passenger unconscious, at the Costco in…...

1+ week, 27+ min ago   (351+ words) Good Samaritans rescued a man from Lake Michigan at Illinois Beach State Park near Zion and first responders rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire Department…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (313+ words) Multiple fire departments were called after a hydrogen tank that was outgassing ignited and caught fire at a manufacturing plant in Gurnee Friday evening, fire officials said. The Gurnee Fire Department and Gurnee Police Department responded around 8:22 p.m. Friday to the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (454+ words) A Libertyville man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after the state attorney general charged him with serious felonies for distributing and possessing sexual abuse material of young children. The Illinois Attorney General’s office charged Kyle Ranallo, 27, of Libertyville, in…...