A driver had to be extricated from their vehicle and transported to the hospital after a crash into a tree that caused the ...

A wandering wild turkey stirred excitement and an unusual call for service to the Vernon Hills Police Department last weekend at a Menard's home improvement store. Police got the call about 9:47 a ...

California’s weirdest and most supremely staffed city — the extremely industrial Vernon — had one city worker for every 0.8 ...

VERNON HILLS (AP) — A man is in fair condition after being shot by suburban Chicago officers when he pulled out a handgun in the lobby of the Vernon Hills Police Department.

A 19-year-old man was killed when he fell into a meat grinder at a Vernon food processing facility Sunday night. The man, whose name has not been released, was a member of the sanitation crew at ...

We have two persons of interest that we are looking for," said Sgt. Jason Zimmerman of the Vernon Hills Police Dept. Neighbors told ABC7 Chicago they were concerned. "I'm surprised, very surprised.