Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
On Wednesday three Lake County Sheriff’s Correctional Officers saved the life of a man suffering an opioid overdose in a courtroom, sheriff’s officials said. Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli said that at 10:30 a.m. Lake County Sheriff’s…
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Two men were shot in a shooting in Zion Wednesday morning and police say three people are in custody and one other is still on the loose. Police and firefighters/paramedics were called initially at around 11:30 a.m. to the rear…
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A man riding on a bicycle was killed after being struck by a car in Woodstock Tuesday night. Woodstock Police and Woodstock Fire Rescue were called to the intersection of Route 14 and Route 47 in Woodstock at about 7:30…
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UPDATE: https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2017/08/16/three-suspects-custody-double-shooting-zion/ Two people were reportedly shot in a shooting in Zion Wednesday morning and a search is underway for the suspects. Police and firefighters/paramedics were called initially at around 11:30 a.m. to the rear of the Zion Police Department at…
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The coroner has ruled that the woman who was killed after being struck by a freight train last Thursday in Barrington was a suicide. Metra officials and police said that a 49-year-old woman was struck by a Canadian National train…
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A man was arrested after police found him trying to hide his handgun during a traffic stop in Zion early Monday morning. The Zion Police Department said that a Zion police officer stopped a vehicle for speeding in the 2500 block…
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A Highland Park man has been arrested after he tried to make sexual advances to a woman and then dragged her from behind towards the street in an attack on Sunday, police said. The Highland Park Police Department said in…
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