Susan Kuczka

Seeking leniency from the criminal justice system, a man facing child-sex charges has made a bizarre offer to a judge and prosecutors even before a conviction: He wants to be...

The body of a badly decomposed man found floating in Lake Michigan near Highland Park was identified Friday as Todd Larson, 28, who disappeared five months ago when his small...

Freshman state Rep. Corinne Wood (R-Lake Forest) is expected to make a full recovery from a mastectomy she underwent at Evanston Hospital to remove a cancerous tumor, her spokesman said....

A hearing originally scheduled this week on a lawsuit filed by Waukegan mayoral candidate Newton Finn, who claims he should be declared the winner of the April 1 election, has...

William Dam, chairman of the Fox Waterway Agency, which deals with environmental and recreation issues on the Fox River and Chain o' Lakes, has issued a stern warning to his...

The 64-page document released Thursday by the Lake County clerk's office contains some good news for property owners. The listing of the 1996 tax rates for Lake County's 52 municipalities...

U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) received good political news on two fronts Monday. She learned that one potentially strong Republican would not be seeking to challenge her re-election bid in...

The postcards that Waukegan Democratic Party Chairman Larry McShane recently sent to voters who signed the mayoral nominating petitions of either Republican candidate Larry TenPas and independent Newton Finn weren't...

Three Lake County Board members, including Chairman Robert L. Grever (R-Kildeer), have been named to the steering committee of the National Association of Counties, which examines national issues of critical...

A vote inside a suburban Knights of Columbus hall put an end to months of public meetings, hours of tedious number-crunching and moments of sheer panic for some North Barrington-area...