(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 […]
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30-year-old McHenry man charged in murder of wife on Monday
30-year-old McHenry man Anthony Harrison was charged with killing Laura K. Harrison, also 30-years-old, on Monday in McHenry. McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski said Laura Harrison died from sharp and blunt force injuries to her neck. McHenry Police say he stabbed her in the neck with a knife. McHenry Police and Fire Department responded to […]
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One dead in suspected murder attempted suicide in McHenry
A man reportedly killed his wife and then attempted to take his own life in what appears to be a murder – suicide attempt Monday morning in McHenry. Officers with the McHenry Police Department responded to the 4300 block of Parkway Ave. at about 8:53am after receiving a call from a man who said he […]
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Armed suicidal person barricades herself inside Riverwoods home
The Riverwoods Police Department responded to a suicidal female who was barricaded inside a home on Thursday. The incident occurred in the 1500 block of Saunders Road in Riverwoods. NIPAS EST (Northern Illinois Police Alarm System / Emergency Services Team) responded to the residence along with police from other neighboring agencies and Riverwoods Police Department. The […]