Lake County Jail

Officials at the Lake County Jail in northern Illinois are implementing new safety restrictions after more than a dozen inmates and seven correctional officers tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days.

COVID symptoms linked to the omicron variant have been described as “extremely mild” by doctors in South Africa who first raised the alarm over the new strain.

An Illinois woman has been charged with aggravated battery, among other charges, after headbutting a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy during a traffic stop early Saturday morning, according to police.

Officials in suburban Lake County are closely monitoring a coronavirus outbreak in one of the county jail’s residential pods, as at least 11 inmates have tested positive for the virus. According to officials, an inmate first began to show symptoms of COVID-19 on April 30 in one of the jail’s residential pods. That inmate was moved to the jail’s...

Pritzker revealed plans to bring the state into the final reopening phase on June 11, “barring any significant reversals in our key COVID-19 statewide indicators.”

A total of 35 inmates housed in one pod at the Lake County Jail in north suburban Waukegan have tested positive for COVID-19, officials with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. On Dec. 14, the sheriff’s office, which oversees the jail, learned that four inmates in housing pod 5-North contracted the coronavirus, a news release stated. As a result,…

The Lake County Jail plans to test all inmates, correctional employees, staff and contractors for the coronavirus as part of enhanced mitigation procedures announced Monday. Due to the expansion of testing availability, in early August all employees of the Lake County Jail were provided coronavirus tests, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Of the...

A 39-year-old Deer Park woman allegedly struck her boyfriend with a machete Sunday after getting upset that he urinated in the bed in their north suburban home. Bophanary Om grabbed the machete about 9:30 p.m. and hit the man’s head, causing a serious head wound, the Lake County sheriff’s office said in a statement. The 39-year-old man, who lived...

A self-described “thrill-seeker” from Portage, Indiana, was arrested Saturday for driving 142 mph in a 55 mph zone of Interstate 80/94.

A woman was charged with DUI for a crash that sent a car into a house last year in north suburban Beach Park.

A Chicago man with an alleged history of public nudity was tased and arrested while naked last week in a northwest Indiana cornfield.

A suburban Chicago man who, with his wife, is accused of confining their 10-year-old daughter to their basement has been found mentally unfit for trial by a court-appointed doctor.

A Kenosha man sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of his ex-wife was denied a new trial Friday by a Lake County judge.

A man is accused of fatally stabbing someone during an argument in northwest Indiana.

A north suburban man has been charged with violating his sex offender registration by failing to report an address change.

A teenager is facing neglect charges after officers found 10 dogs at his squalid home earlier this month in north suburban Vernon Hills.

A Lake Villa Township man is facing multiple charges after allegedly biting his 10-month-old daughter.

A suburban Chicago man who, with his wife, is accused of confining their 10-year-old daughter to their basement has been found fit for trial.