Lake County Coroner's office

Authorities say that a McHenry man suffered a ‘medical event’ and died after crashing his car into a tree in suburban Wauconda on Friday. According to autopsy results released Tuesday, 54-year-old Michael Gaul was driving on West Neville Road on Jan. 3 at approximately 11:40 a.m. when he suffered the medical emergency. Gaul then crashed his car into a tree….

Officials are asking for the public’s help to identify a teen who was found dead in Gary, Indiana.

NBC 5 Investigates has learned that the driver blamed for causing the death of an Illinois State Trooper three weeks ago, had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system at the time of the crash.

 NBC 5 Investigates has learned that the driver blamed for causing the death of an Illinois State Trooper three weeks ago, had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. Phil Rogers reports.

Authorities gave an update Wednesday in the search for a 30-year-old missing Indiana mother.

Authorities gave an update Wednesday in the search for a 30-year-old missing Indiana mother. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the latest.

Human remains found in a pond in northwestern Indiana may belong to a missing mother who disappeared last month while heading to her first day of work at a Panera Bread restaurant, authorities said.

A heartbreaking discovery of human remains in an Indiana pond leads authorities to believe it may belong to a missing mother. NBC 5’s Dick Johnson has the latest information.

A man was struck and killed by a pickup truck Sunday afternoon in a Home Deport parking lot in northwest suburban McHenry.

An Illinois state trooper has died after being involved in a head-on crash on I-94 westbound near Libertyville early Saturday morning.

A woman was found strangled Saturday morning at a motel in north suburban Waukegan.

The father of two Indiana boys who drowned in a river has pleaded not guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

A father is in custody after two young boys died as rescuers pulled them out of the Kankakee River in northwest Indiana Tuesday.

New details are emerging in the death of two little boys who drowned in the Kankakee River. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the latest details. 

An 83-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting an attorney who previously served as a northwest Indiana judge.

new details are emerging in the murder of a prominent attorney from NW Indiana today, and prosecutors have charged one of his clients. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the story. 

A red-hot voyage to the sun is going to bring us closer to our star than ever before.

A motorcyclist died after going off the road and striking a tree Friday morning in north suburban Antioch Township.