A 3-year-old boy and an adult suffered life-threatening injuries during a rollover crash over the weekend in North Chicago. The North Chicago Police Department and North Chicago Fire Department responded around 3:15 a.m. Saturday to Route 41 and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a vehicle crash with injuries. Investigators believe the driver of a […]

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Surveillance photos capture daytime shootout in Zion
Over a dozen shots were fired during a shootout in broad daylight in Zion on Saturday, police said. The Zion Police Department responded around 1 p.m. Saturday to the 1900 block of Joppa Avenue for a report of a shooting. Officers located 15 spent 9mm casings in the roadway. Nearby surveillance cameras captured a black […]
U.S. Marshals arrest man in Poland wanted for over 25 years in Lake Forest reckless homicide
The FBI and U.S. Marshals arrested a man in Poland who had been wanted since 1995 in a drunk driving crash that killed a man in Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Police Department said that Marek Josko, who was 42 years old at the time, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 41 […]
Man charged with DUI after hitting elderly woman with truck near Woodstock
A man has been charged with DUI after he struck an elderly woman with his truck and seriously injured her while the two were doing yard work at a home near Woodstock. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:12 p.m. Saturday to the 9600 block of Barber Lane in Greenwood […]
Appellate court rules in favor of health department in battle over releasing COVID-19 patient data
The McHenry County Health Department won an appeal and will no longer have to release names of COVID-19 patients to 911 dispatchers after an appellate court ruled in their favor. The 2nd District Appellate Court of Illinois reversed an April 10 ruling by McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel that gave the McHenry County Emergency Telephone […]
North Chicago police officers, firefighters donate accessible van to wheelchair-bound girl
A 15-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound received a handicap accessible van thanks to police officers and firefighters in North Chicago. Ivone Garibay, 15, is non-verbal, non-mobile and wheelchair-bound. Her mother died from cancer in 2019. Ivone’s grandparents became her guardians and take care of her medical responsibilities, said Jim Moran, Interim […]
Lakemoor man gets 4 years in prison for sexually assaulting woman
A Lakemoor man who was found guilty of sexually assaulting his former girlfriend in 2018 has been sentenced to four years in prison. Kevin F. Graf, 28, of the 500 block of Summer Boulevard in Lakemoor, was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and two counts of criminal sexual abuse. The verdict came in February […]
Woodstock man charged with sexually assaulting child
A Woodstock man was charged with sexually assaulting a young girl under the age of 13 who is a relative of his, police and court records said. Homero Alcaraz-Bello, 50, of the 1700 block of Yasgur Drive in Woodstock, was charged with predatory criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The Woodstock Police Department’s […]
Property manager in Fox Lake charged with money laundering, theft of over $1 million
A woman who was the property manager of a homeowner’s association in Fox Lake has been charged with stealing and laundering over $1 million, police said. Michele L. Kirk, 50, of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, was charged with two counts of theft as a Class X felony and three counts of money laundering, a Class 1 […]