"Police officers take an oath to protect the community. This former officer betrayed the trust placed in him by the people he was sworn to protect. Instead of upholding that duty, Salinas chose to ...

Some Waukegan police officers had a different sort of partner on patrol with them last month — inanimate objects like teddy bears and soccer balls lent to the department by city youths. Sgt. Alejos ...

Once a passenger in a car when the driver was stopped by police for a traffic offense, Warren Township High School sophomore Rocco Mireles has a different view of such situations after spending four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person was killed in a police-involved shooting Saturday in the north suburbs, officials said. Waukegan Ald. Juan Martinez ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A 46-year-old Zion woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in north suburban Waukegan Wednesday. Jenny Gaston had just left work and was walking to a nearby bus stop when a ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Police are investigating an armed robbery reported at a Waukegan liquor store. A store clerk told police that he was closing up the store, located in the 2800-block of Grand ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

A 52-year-old Waukegan man has been charged, after the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman missing since early March was found in a container in his yard, Waukegan police said Monday. Jose Luis ...

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A business owner in Waukegan stood charged Thursday with selling drugs out of his auto repair shop. Waukegan police said at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, their Community Crimes Division officers executed a ...