A lockdown Monday morning at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee was the result of a false alarm triggered by the installation of a new security system, police said.
The alarm was set off at about 11:20 .
A 79-year-old Wisconsin man is dead after authorities said he drove a pickup into the Des Plaines River near Gurnee.
A resident who lives adjacent to the river made the grim discovery at about 7:30 p..
No injuries were reported from a late-night fire Sunday in Gurnee that destroyed a residential detached garage.
Firefighters were called to the single-family home on the 35200 block of Juniper Street .
Lake County authorities arrested a man over the weekend wanted in connection with the abduction of a woman in February.
Jonatan Luna-Carrasco, 28, of the 1100 block of Adams Street in North Chicago, i.
A 13-year-old student at Viking Middle School in Gurnee is facing weapons charges after police said the boy brought a loaded firearm to school Friday.
The school, located at 4460 Old Grand Ave., was .