Vernon Hills

Police in north suburban Vernon Hills were investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle late Friday, authorities said.

Other nearby suburban malls are also going through similar projects, including Old Orchard in Skokie, Golf Mill in Niles and Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale.

CAVA, a fan-favorite, fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, just opened its second Chicago area location just outside Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, according to a release.

CAVA, a fan-favorite, fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, just opened its second Chicago-area location just outside Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, according to a release.

CAVA, a fan-favorite, fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, just opened its second Chicago area location just outside Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, according to a release.

Authorities have made a final determination of a cause of death for Brissa Romero, a missing Carpentersville teen whose body was found in a Vernon Hills pond last month.

Authorities have revealed the cause of death for Brissa Romero, a missing Carpentersville teen whose body was found in a Vernon Hills pond earlier this week.

The body recovered from a Vernon Hills pond Tuesday has been positively identified as Brissa Romero, a 17-year-old from Carpentersville who had gone missing last week on her way to a work holiday party, the Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed.

A body matching the description of a missing Carpentersville teen was found in a Vernon Hills pond, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A body matching the description of a missing teen from Carpentersville has been found in a pond in Vernon Hills, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

A body has been recovered from a Vernon Hills pond authorities were searching as part of an investigation into a Carpentersville teen’s disappearance last week, police said.

Brissa Romero, 17, of Carpentersville, went missing last week while headed to a holiday work party in Vernon Hills, officials said.

The search for Brissa Romero, a 17-year-old Carpentersville girl who went missing last week on her way to a holiday party, is expected to resume Tuesday morning around 8 a.m. after authorities on Monday discovered Romero’s car in a retention pond in Vernon Hills, the Vernon Hills Police Department said. Courtney Sisk has more.

Police investigating the mysterious disappearance of a 17-year-old Carpentersville girl who went missing on her way to a work holiday party one week ago discovered the teen’s vehicle in a pond Monday afternoon near where she was last spotted on camera.

Police investigating the mysterious disappearance of a 17-year-old Carpentersville girl who went missing on her way to a work holiday party one week ago discovered the teen’s vehicle in a pond Monday afternoon near where she was last spotted on camera.

Crews could be seen searching a pond in Vernon Hills Monday afternoon amid an investigation into a Carpentersville teen’s disappearance in the area as she traveled for a holiday party.

Crews could be seen searching a pond in Vernon Hills Monday afternoon amid an investigation into a Carpentersville teen’s disappearance in the area as she traveled for a holiday party.

An African serval cat that escaped from its Illinois home over the weekend has died from injuries it sustained after being recaptured in a Chicago suburb, police said Monday.

An African serval cat that escaped from its Illinois home over the weekend has died from injuries it sustained after being recaptured in a Chicago suburb, police said Monday.

A 19-year-old man was taken into custody after a two-year-old girl accidentally shot herself in Vernon Hills, according to authorities. At around 2:14 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of Plumwood Lane, officers with the Vernon Hills Police Department were called about a child who had been injured by fireworks, but determined that the girl had actually been shot, according…