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 Court Security Officers observed a 24-year-old man slumped over, in the public viewing area of […]
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Three suspects in custody, one still on the loose after double shooting in Zion
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 of the Zion Police Department at 2101 Salem Boulevard for two people who were shot. […]
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Bicyclist killed after being hit by car in Woodstock
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 p.m.. When first responders arrived they found a 25-year-old male bicyclist with critical injuries who […]
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Two people shot in Zion; search underway for suspects
UPDATE:Â 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 2101 Salem Boulevard for two people who were possibly shot. It was learned that the […]
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Coroner: Woman struck and killed by freight train in Barrington was a suicide
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 at 2:38 a.m. on August 10 near the Barrington Metra Station at 201 South Spring […]
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Man in possession of a handgun arrested during traffic stop in Zion
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 of Sheridan Road in Zion at 2:13 a.m.. Officials said that as the officer approached […]
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Man charged with battery and kidnapping after attack in Highland Park
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 a statement that Damian Toledo-Comacho, 45, of the 2400 block of Trillium Avenue in Highland Park, […]
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Man arrested after punching, kicking woman during altercation in Woodstock
A man has been arrested after he punched and kicked a woman who was in an altercation with his girlfriend in Woodstock on August 6. On Sunday August 6 at 4:30 p.m. the Woodstock Police Department responded to the 1700 block of Walnut Drive in Woodstock for a report of an aggravated assault complaint, police […]
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Coroner IDs two women killed in Algonquin crash
Two women who were killed after a head-on vehicle crash in Algonquin Sunday afternoon have been identified by the coroner. McHenry County Coroner Dr. Anne Majewski said that the two women killed were identified as Elizabeth A. Jay, 58, of Algonquin, and Louise J. Schreiner, 78, of Algonquin. Jay died of blunt trauma to the […]