Lake County

William Zientek is accused of shooting and killing his ex, well-known endocrinologist Dr. Olga Duchon, at his Barrington home in November.

A child has died and another is in critical condition after a wrong-way driver caused a head-on collision in suburban Lake County.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, officials said, and the home is considered a total loss due to the fire, smoke and water damage.

Video from Sky 5 shows the scene of a crash involving a prisoner transport van in suburban Lake County.

Authorities remain on the scene of a crash involving a prisoner transport van in suburban Lake County on Wednesday afternoon.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a horse was killed in a hit-and-run traffic crash Monday night.

A homicide investigation is underway in Round Lake Beach after a 15-year-old girl was struck and killed by a stray bullet that flew inside her home, a release from the Lake County Major Crime Task Force said.

Emergency crews were responding to a water rescue late Saturday night at Illinois Beach State Park, authorities said.

Authorities in suburban Lake County have released the identities of two children killed in a crash last week.

A suspect who fled from a traffic stop in Wisconsin was killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Lake County Saturday afternoon.

Two people were killed when a vehicle slammed into a tree and erupted into flames late Friday night, authorities in suburban Lindenhurst said.

Detectives with the Lake County Sheriff were investigating after skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near Sheridan and Wadsworth Roads in Beach Park, a release from the Sheriff’s office said.

Lake County Sheriff’s deputies remain on scene after a dump truck rolled over on a suburban Wauconda roadway, leaving two people dead and a third critically injured.

Police in suburban Island Lake are seeking the public’s help after surveillance video captures a woman ransacking the police station lobby early Tuesday morning before leaving the scene.

Parents are sharing their experiences at a far north suburban spring carnival that was canceled over the weekend after multiple reported fights broke out amongst the crowds at the event.

A fire broke out at a popular drive-in restaurant early Saturday in the northern suburbs, causing an estimated $120,000 in damage and forcing the business to temporarily shut down.

A Lake County man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a woman who he convinced to pull onto the side of a road and enter his SUV after claiming her vehicle had a flat tire, authorities said. Jonatan Luna-Carrasco, 28, of North Chicago, was arrested on a warrant for kidnapping on March 30, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. According…

Amid a recent rise in measles cases observed in the city of Chicago, health officials in Lake County, Ill. reported the first case of measles in a county resident.

With cases being detected in 17 different states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a measles alert, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

One person died and a second individual was injured in a stabbing early Monday morning in north suburban Mundelein, according to law enforcement. Officers with the Mundelein Police Department were called to the 1400 block of Downing Place, at the Park Butterfield apartment complex, for a 911 call requesting police assistance, authorities said in a news release. Officers located an…