The Illinois state treasurer returned a more than $200,000 donation to an animal shelter in Lake County that was made by a now-deceased woman who named the shelter as her life insurance beneficiary.

A Crystal Lake man, who prosecutors called a "serial fraudster," has pleaded guilty to stealing from a veterans group in McHenry as he also awaits federal sentencing in an $8 million Ponzi scheme.

The sheriff is investigating after a man was shot in the face during a possible car theft attempt on the border of Long Grove and Arlington Heights Friday morning.

Emergency crews have located a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in Lake Michigan ...

A drunk driver crashed into two vehicles before crashing through the Moose Lodge in Wauconda, causing significant damage, ...