Floodwaters washed out a large culvert and caused a huge sinkhole on a road Wednesday afternoon in Gages Lake. Gages Lake Road is closed between Route 21 and Hunt Club Road, according to the Lake County Division of Transportation. Maintenance crews realized that the culvert was in distress and closed the road prior to the […]

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Sheriff: Man went into tent and stabbed man at Chain O’Lakes State Park campground
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Chain O’Lakes State Park Campgrounds early Thursday morning after a man was stabbed. The stabbing happened at the Chain O’Lakes State Park Campgrounds, 39947 North State Park Road in unincorporated Fox Lake, sheriff officials said. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located the victim, a 26 year-old male of Jamestown, […]
Man who was killed after being ejected from ATV in Buffalo Grove ID’d
The man killed in an ATV crash early last Sunday in the Lake County Forest Preserve in Buffalo Grove has been identified. William McPherron, 35, of Deerfield was identified by Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper as the man who was killed after suffering injuries from an ATV crash. At 12:55 a.m. last Sunday, the […]
Clerk injured after armed robbery in Woodstock; 2 suspects on the loose
Woodstock police are searching for two suspects following an armed robbery at Sunrise Food and Liquor on Wednesday. At around 2:40 pm the Woodstock Police Department Patrol Officers responded to Sunrise Food and Liquor, located at 715 McHenry Ave. in reference to an armed robbery. Upon arrival of responding officers, a male employee was located […]
Wanted gang member in Waukegan armed robberies apprehended in Alabama
A gang member wanted for armed robberies in Waukegan was apprehended in Alabama on Tuesday, sheriff officials said. Members of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Team, U.S. Marshals Service – Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (USMS-GLRFTF), and USMS-Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force (GCRFTF) apprehended Burkett A. Davidson, Sr., 46, of the 800 […]
Man arrested after threatening Lake County judge
A Waukegan man has been charged with threatening a Lake County judge on a voicemail on Tuesday. The threatening message was left on the voicemail extension of a Waukegan city employee. In the message, the caller said he was planning on physically harming a specific Lake County judge. Police did not release the name of […]
House explodes, collapses in Libertyville
Fire departments from around Lake County are on scene after a house exploded and collapsed in Libertyville. Firefighters were called to the scene in the 1700 block of Sunnyview Road in Libertyville near Route 137 at around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday. The house was completely leveled by the explosion however there was no active fire. Several […]
PHOTOS: Flood emergency in parts of Lake County; high water halts Metra trains
The National Weather Service Wednesday morning issued an flash flood emergency warning in Lake County, urging people to immediately move to higher ground, after storms overwhelmed the area with water. It was only the latest development in the widespread flooding in north suburban Lake County that has closed roads and halted Metra trains after a […]
Man pleads not guilty after intentionally driving into pedestrians, killing 1 in Waukegan
A North Chicago man pleaded not guilty to reckless homicide along with other charges after a fatal hit and run crash involving pedestrians on April 29 in Waukegan. Tony Salcedo, 25, pleaded not guilty to a Lake County Circuit Court Judge on Monday to charges of reckless homicide, failure to report an accident involving death, […]