Vernon Hills

Public health officials are investigating three cases of Legionnaires’ disease that left one person dead at a senior living center in north suburban Vernon Hills. The cases of the severe respiratory disease at Brookdale Senior Living, 145 N. Milwaukee Ave., were first reported to health officials Monday, the Lake County Health Department said in a statement Wednesday. Officials did not…

Public health officials are investigating three cases of Legionnaires’ disease that left one person dead at a senior living center in north suburban Vernon Hills.

Halloween is Thursday – and it will stay on Thursday in one Chicago suburb.

With potentially record-breaking snowfall in store for the Chicago area this Halloween, several locations are pushing their trick-or-treating hours to avoid the wicked forecast.

As the Chicago area prepares for a wet and snowy Halloween that could spell trouble for trick-or-treaters, at least one suburb is simply moving its holiday festivities altogether.

Paul Deanno has the latest forecast update for the Chicago area. 

A Park City man and his sister have been charged in connection with a shots fired incident that shut down schools last week in north suburban Vernon Hills.

The latest round of tariffs expected to hit Chinese imports will take effect in just a few weeks, and President Donald Trump’s announcement isn’t sitting well with local businesses that are readying to deal with higher costs.

If you played the Lucky Day Lotto recently in Illinois, you might want to check your tickets.

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

A Vernon Hills police officer fatally shot a man armed with a rifle early Saturday in the northern suburb, according to police.

More local officials in northeastern Illinois are raising concerns about the enforcement of environmental regulations for the planned Foxconn manufacturing plant in neighboring Wisconsin.

A 15-year-old boy is facing first degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed another teen in suburban Waukegan.

A Chicago suburb will consider raising the minimum age to buy tobacco and nicotine products following a letter from a 9-year-old requesting the mayor help people stop smoking.

A young girl was taken to the hospital after a car plowed into a martial arts center in a northern Chicago suburb, the building’s owner and authorities said.

An SUV jumped a curb in front of a martial arts school and didn’t stop until it was completely inside. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi has the very latest. 

A 19-year-old man was found with a cache of weapons and ammunition after he was seen wearing clothing associated by a white supremacist and neo-nazi group earlier this month at the College of Lake County in north suburban Grayslake, police said.

A fugitive was charged with sexual assault after being arrested Friday at his home in northwest suburban Arlington Heights.