An early morning fire at an apartment building in Gages Lake left two people injured and five people displaced, fire officials said. The Grayslake Fire Protection District responded around 1:22 a.m. Monday to the 33600 block of Evergreen Drive in Gages Lake for a report of a structure fire. Grayslake Fire Protection District Battalion Chief […]
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33-year-old man uncooperative with investigators after being shot in Zion
Police are investigating after gunshots rang out Sunday morning in the Horizon Village apartment complex in Zion — leaving a 33-year-old man injured. The Zion Police Department responded around 8:30 a.m. Sunday to the 4200 block of Barberry Lane for multiple reports of gunshots in the area. “Callers reported hearing four gunshots, people running and […]
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3 charged after woman beaten, robbed in Long Grove
Three people have been charged with beating and robbing an 18-year-old woman in Long Grove after they offered the woman a ride home from a party, police said. Jovanni Mora, 21, Neslye Y. Palacios-Flores, 23, and Juan A. Colon, 24, all of the 400 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Waukegan, were […]
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Coroner IDs 69-year-old woman killed in head-on crash in Gurnee
Authorities have identified a 69-year-old Lindenhurst woman killed after a head-on crash in Gurnee Thursday that also injured two others. An autopsy showed that Joan Lowry, 69, of Lindenhurst, died of blunt force injuries caused by a motor vehicle crash, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. Toxicology results are pending. The Gurnee Fire […]
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2 men in their 20s killed after car drives off embankment, goes airborne near Zion
Two men in their 20s were killed Sunday morning after their vehicle went airborne for approximately 200 feet and came to a rest in an embankment near unincorporated Zion. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Newport Fire Protection District responded around 6:45 a.m. Sunday to West Russell Road and Delany Road in Newport Township for a […]
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Huntley man pleads not guilty to causing great bodily harm to a child
A 28-year-old Huntley man has pleaded not guilty to causing great bodily harm to a child after a six-week-old baby was hospitalized with serious injuries in January. Shawn P. Fontaine, 28, of the 11400 block of Beacon Avenue in Huntley, was charged with aggravated battery to a child under the age of 13. A grand […]
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Air Methods buying out Flight For Life base in McHenry
Flight For Life is pulling out of Illinois after more than 30 years of providing air medical transport after Air Methods bought their McHenry base at Northwestern Medicine Hospital. Flight For Life Public Information Officer Tammy Chatman told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that an agreement has been reached with Air Methods, the largest air […]
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Police officers cleared of fault in pursuit crash that left 2 dead in Fox Lake
An investigation concluded that the police officers involved in an October pursuit that led to a fatal crash were not responsible for it, officials said. Theopolis Owens, 28, of Chicago and Kayla Crews, 18, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, both died of blunt force injuries caused by a vehicle crash on October 20, according to Lake […]
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Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for cocaine possession in McHenry County
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing over 50 grams of cocaine in McHenry County. Cesar E. Fournier, 25, of the 100 block of Cornwell Circle Southeast in Poplar Grove, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony, […]