A Zion man is in custody after he allegedly stabbed another man and sexually assaulted a woman during a home invasion in Zion, police said. The Zion Police Department responded to a 911 call just after midnight on Friday to a report of a stabbing in the 2700 block of Galilee Avenue in Zion. When […]
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Adult and child ejected from car following crash near Harvard; 5 injured
5 people were injured in a two-vehicle crash near Harvard on Thursday, including an adult and a child who were ejected from the vehicle following the crash, officials said. On Thursday at around 2:30 p.m., the Walworth, Wisconsin County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a traffic crash involving 2 cars with multiple injuries at […]
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Two suspects in custody after Zion home burglary
Police have arrested two men in connection with a residential burglary in Zion on Tuesday. At around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, police said that an alert citizen called the Zion Police Department to report two suspects in the act of burglarizing a home in the 3400 block of Colgate Avenue in Zion. Officers responded and […]
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Three police officers recognized for saving boy who was shot in the head before being trapped in house fire in Grayslake
The Grayslake Fire Department recognized the three police officers who saved a teenage boy from a house fire on August 22. On Wednesday morning, the Grayslake Fire Protection District Board of Trustees and Fire Chief John Christian recognized the three police officers who risked their lives to save a young teenage boy, who had been […]
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Suspect on the loose after armed robbery in McHenry
Police are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery at a gas station in McHenry that occurred early Wednesday morning. McHenry Police Department responded to a 911 call at around 2:38 a.m. Wednesday to the Shell gas station, 3110 West Elm Street in McHenry, for a report of an armed robbery, according to a […]
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Man followed police officer, nearly struck a second responding officer with his car in Antioch
A man is in custody after he followed a police officer, almost struck another police officer with his car, and then eluded police in a chase in Antioch last week. Police officials said that last Thursday an off-duty Antioch police officer was returning to Antioch from training while driving in a marked police vehicle at […]
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Victims identified by coroner in double fatal crash near McHenry
The two men who were killed after a single-vehicle crash in unincorporated McHenry on Saturday have been publicly identified. McHenry Fire and Rescue and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at 11:48 p.m. on Saturday for a reported single-vehicle crash at 1402 South Lily Lake Road in unincorporated McHenry. McHenry County Coroner Dr. […]
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Missing Beach Park man located unresponsive in ditch by sheriff’s K-9 team
For the second time in less than a month, a Lake County Sheriff’s canine team located and saved a person in mental distress. On Sunday at around 1:40 a.m., Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 10800 block of West Fairbanks Drive in Beach Park for a report of a missing person. […]
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1 dead in triple shooting in Waukegan
One person is dead and two others were left injured after a shooting in Waukegan on Saturday, police said. At around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Waukegan Police Department responded to an apartment complex in the 600 block of Pickus Court in Waukegan for a 911 call of a shooting. When police officers arrived they […]