Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
Lake County Corrections Officers Manuel Duarte and Timothy Solomon saved the life of an inmate attempting suicide July 11. Officers Duarte and Solomon were conducting rounds in the Administrative Segregation Unit (Maximum Security) of the Lake County Jail when they…
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(PATCH.COM) — The Lake County State’s Attorney has determined a 13-year veteran of the Round Lake Police Department used “reasonable force” when she shot and killed a 22-year-old man who took acid earlier in the evening and was apparently attempting…
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Highland Park Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Verizon Wireless store on Friday. Police were called at around 10:40 a.m. to the Verizon Wireless store located at 2090 Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park. An…
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Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded Friday morning to a report of a man armed with a gun in Wadsworth. At around 11:00 a.m., Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were sent to the 38800 block of North Oakcrest Lane in Wadsworth for a…
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(SUN-TIMES) — Flood levels along two northern Illinois rivers looked to be falling after flooding this week but another round of rain has them rising again. National Weather Service hydrologist Steve Buan says that another 2 to 3 inches of…
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(SUN-TIMES) — A man wanted for murder in Minnesota was arrested Friday morning in north suburban Lake County. Phillip Leron Miller, 41, was taken into custody by the FBI Chicago Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, according to FBI spokesman Garrett…
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(PATCH.COM) — A man who died after skipping out on his bar tab after drinking at an Algonquin bar was chased by other customers of the local establishment before he jumped into the Fox River to presumably try and escape,…
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