(PRESS RELEASE) — Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a head-on traffic crash, with injuries on Route 12 south of Route 120 in Volo. On Saturday September 17 at approximately 4:07 PM Sheriff’s Deputies arrived to the crash and found two vehicles with severe damage. Preliminary investigation shows a 2006 Chevrolet Impala, driven by a […]
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Police investigating armed robbery at Vernon Hills home
(PRESS RELEASE) — The Vernon Hills Police Department is investigating an attempted armed robbery that occurred in the Deerpath subdivision. The incident occurred on Monday, September 12 in the 200 block of Ashland Court. It’s currently believed that the address, but not the current residents of that address, was specifically targeted and was not randomly chosen. There is […]
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Waukegan man charged in Beach Park shooting
(PRESS RELEASE) — On Monday September 12 at approximately 1:13AM, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 38500 block of North Sheridan Road, Beach Park, for a report of a victim with a gunshot wound. Sheriff’s Deputies arrived and located a 42 year-old man, of Waukegan, who suffered a single gunshot wound to the […]
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Crystal Lake man critically injured in Long Grove crash
(LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF) — Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies and Long Grove firefighters responded to Lake Cook Road and Hicks Road in Long Grove for a traffic crash with injuries Friday morning. When Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived at 1:25 AM, they found a 2013 Volkswagen Golf which collided with a tractor-trailer semi-truck. The Volkswagen was wedged underneath […]
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Multiple explosions and fire reported at 7th alarm fire at a propane tank company in Gurnee
Gurnee Fire Department and multiple other departments are on scene of a commercial structure fire with explosions at a propane tank company in Gurnee. Gurnee Fire Department was first called to the propane tank company Pinnacle Propane Express at 3895 Clearview Court at 11:57 AM this morning for an activated fire alarm. Before firefighters arrived […]
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UPDATE: Zion man arrested in gas station murder
The Zion Police Department and the Lake County Major Crime Task Force have made an arrest in the murder of Nathaniel Lang at a gas station in Zion Monday evening. The murder took place at the Mobil Gas Station, 2500 Sheridan Road, at 6:17 pm on Monday. Bernardino Giustino, 21 years old from Zion, has been […]
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SUV crashes into semi truck, leaves 4 injured, including critical injured teenager in Richmond
A 16-year-old teenager remains in critical condition after being airlifted to the hospital following a semi truck and SUV collision that injured three others in Richmond on Saturday. The car accident occurred around 12:30 PM on Saturday at Route 173 and Keystone Rd in unincorporated Richmond. McHenry County Sheriff’s office said that the SUV failed to […]
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Teens robbed at gunpoint while playing Pokemon Go in Lake Villa
(SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) — A pair of teenage brothers were robbed at gunpoint while playing the Pokemon Go online game Thursday night in north suburban Lake Villa. The boys were playing the mobile game shortly after 10 p.m. in a residential area near Morton Drive and Carol Lane in unincorporated Lake Villa when a car […]
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Update: Port Barrington man dead after boating crash near Cary
A 67-year-old Port Barrington man was pronounced dead at the hospital after crashing his boat Friday evening on the Fox River. The crash occurred at 3:01 pm in the 200 block of River Dr. in Trout Valley, when the single vessel boat crashed bow first into a concrete pier and concrete post. The man, who […]