While conditions are improving, Lake County officials caution locals to avoid driving through any existing floodwater.

A Lake County, Illinois, judge has sentenced a mother to decades in prison for her 6-year-old son's death. In Dec. 2025, Jannie Perry pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder for killing ...

Foul play is now suspected in the case of a missing man from Chicago's north suburbs. The Lake County, Illinois sheriff's office said Ruslan Furman, 51, has not been seen in more than a week. Furman ...

Lake County, Illinois officials are monitoring possible flooding along the Des Plaines River, Fox River and Chain O'Lakes ...

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced today the Lake County Sheriff's Office in Illinois has successfully gone live with Tyler's Enterprise Public Safety suite, including Enforcement Mobile, ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. — Health officials in Lake County, Illinois, have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year. Officials from the Lake County Health Department and ...

A Lake County group is highlighting the county’s poor lake health with a pilot program monitoring 12 of its more than 170 lakes, 70% of which are considered impaired by the Illinois Environmental ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A couple of bald eagles were caught on camera hanging out on an icy lake in the north suburbs. Judd Hansen, a local photographer, said he took his drone out to Long Lake to ...

Community members gathered Sunday to discuss a new study looking into possible chemical exposure for people living near two facilities in Lake County, Illinois. The concern is ethylene oxide emitted ...