A Wauconda man, who was a father of two, was fatally shot during a hostage situation that ended in the death of a gunman in northwest Illinois, authorities said.

Residents were left displaced after a kitchen fire caused damage to an apartment, leaving it uninhabitable, in Mundelein ...

Police are seeking the community's help in locating an 80-year-old woman who went missing from Algonquin while driving and is considered endangered.

A driver has been charged with DUI after claiming he fell asleep when he caused a head-on crash that heavily damaged the vehicles and shut down Route 31 in Prairie Grove.

A motorcyclist was injured and transported to the hospital after a crash involving a police squad car that was responding to a call in Richmond, authorities said.

A 29-year-old motorcyclist has died after he was flown to the hospital with critical injuries following a crash with a sedan in Algonquin Tuesday morning, officials said.

The coroner has released the identity of a 20-year-old man who died after he was rescued from Lake Michigan while swimming at the Illinois Beach State Park near Zion.