Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
A Round Lake Park woman died Wednesday afternoon following a two-vehicle crash in Volo, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. Emergency crews were called at 12:23 p.m. Wednesday to Route 120 and Ellis Drive in Volo for a report of…
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Two people were found dead inside of a house that was fully engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning in Highland Park. Emergency crews responded at 1:13 a.m. after a neighbor called 911 to report a house fire at 2088 Kipling…
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A man wearing dark clothing and walking in the roadway was struck and killed by a pickup truck Sunday evening in Beach Park, sheriff’s officials said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Beach Park Fire Department was called at 11:30…
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Three people were injured, two critically, following a crash involving three vehicles on Friday in Crystal Lake. Emergency crews responded at 6:45 a.m. to a crash at Randall Road and Alexandra Boulevard in Crystal Lake. Police found three vehicles involved…
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A 19-year-old Waukegan man was identified as the man who was shot and killed by a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development agent on Thursday. Police were called to a report of a shooting at 6:09 a.m. Thursday in…
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Zion police said that a federal agent shot and killed a man who approached the agent sitting inside of a car after the man displayed a gun. Police were called to a report of a shooting at 6:09 a.m. Thursday…
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A Wonder Lake man was charged on March 16 for allegedly sexually abusing a juvenile girl while he drove her to her Round Lake home from Woodstock, police said. Luke E. Brennan, 55, of 7725 Beaver Road in Wonder Lake,…
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