Police have arrested and charged a child sex offender who tried to kidnap a 4-year-old boy off his bike at a Woodstock park on Friday. At around 12:45 p.m. the Woodstock Police Department responded to Olson Play Park near Clay Street and Bagley Street for a report of a fight in progress. When officers arrived […]
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UPDATE: Teen girl who was missing from Crystal Lake after bike ride found safe
The 16-year-old female that went for a bike ride this morning in Crystal Lake and went missing has been found safe according to police. A missing person flyer was posted and said that Skylar Wickersty, 16, of Crystal Lake was last seen going for a bike ride at around 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning heading towards […]
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Teen girl missing from Crystal Lake after bike ride; bicycle found
**UPDATE: FEMALE HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE** A 16-year-old female that went for a bike ride this morning in Crystal Lake has gone missing and her bicycle has been found. According to a missing person flyer, Skylar Wickersty, 16, of Crystal Lake was last seen going for a bike ride at around 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning […]
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Two injured after Buffalo Grove house fire
Two people suffered from smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire at a house in Buffalo Grove late Tuesday night. The Buffalo Grove Fire Department responded at around 8:30 p.m. for a call of a kitchen fire in a home in the 400 block of Ferndale Court. When firefighters arrived there was heavy smoke filling the […]
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Woman struck and killed by freight train in Barrington
A woman was killed after being struck by a freight train Thursday morning in Barrington causing delays on Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line. Metra officials and police said that a 49-year-old woman was struck by a Canadian National train at 2:38 a.m. near the Barrington Metra Station at 201 South Spring Street. According to police […]
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22-year-old man charged after 100 mph high-speed police chase, crash in Volo
Police have charged a man that fled from officers in a 100 mile per hour chase that ended after the suspect crashed his car into a pole and it caught on fire in Volo. At around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning a Wauconda police officer spotted a red Dodge Challenger driving northbound on Route 12 in […]
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100 mph high-speed police chase ends in crash, fire near Volo
A high-speed police chase that reached speeds over 100 miles per hour ended after the suspect vehicle crashed into a pole and caught on fire in Volo. The incident ended in front of the Volo Auto Museum at 27582 Volo Village Road in Volo near Fox Lake Road and Volo Village Road at around 10:30 […]
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Coroner releases more information and ID of body found in Lake in the Hills pond
The coroner has released preliminary information and identified the body that was found floating in a pond in Lake in the Hills Tuesday morning. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection district was called at around 10:40 a.m. for a report of a person in the water at Larsen Park, 1211 Pyott Road, which is […]
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Body found floating in Larsen Park pond in Lake in the Hills
A dead body was found floating in a pond by a bystander in Lake in the Hills Tuesday morning, fire officials said. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection district was called at around 10:40 a.m. for a report of a person in the water at Larsen Park, 1211 Pyott Road, which is near Creekview […]