Sam Borcia

The state's attorney has declined to file charges in connection with three in-custody deaths of McHenry County Jail inmates. A fourth inmate death is still under investigation.

Construction on the tallest pendulum ride in the Midwest is underway at Six Flags Great America as the Gurnee theme park is set to reopen for the season later this week.

City officials announced plans for Highland Park's Fourth of July celebration this year, including the return of a parade, two years after a mass shooting that left seven dead.

Two elderly women were trapped inside an SUV, which also had dogs in it, after the vehicle rolled over during a collision that sent two people to the hospital near Ringwood Thursday.

A Lake in the Hills man who drove 124 mph seconds before a DUI rollover crash that left his 19-year-old passenger dead near Huntley has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The owner of The Boatyard in Antioch has been charged with felonies for allegedly committing forgery and stealing money from rental boat customers.

Fire officials are crediting a sprinkler system with controlling a church fire in Zion until firefighters could extinguish it, preventing what could have been major damage.

The girl's track and field coach at Johnsburg High School who resigned just before he died by suicide was under criminal investigation for inappropriate conduct involving a child.

Over 40 police and fire departments in Lake County underwent a major 911 technology overhaul and consolidation that officials say improves public safety in the county.

Police have arrested a woman accused of running an unlicensed daycare facility in Crystal Lake after she allegedly intentionally injured a child, officials said.