A woman was struck and killed by a car while trying to cross Route 45 in Lindenhurst Sunday evening, officials said. The Lindenhurst Police Department, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lake Villa Fire Protection District and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 5:25 p.m. to a call of a pedestrian hit by a car near Route 45 […]
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Man injured after 3-alarm fire tears through Tower Lakes home
A man was injured and several others escaped from a 3-alarm house fire in Tower Lakes Thursday evening which caused over $250,000 in damage. The Wauconda Fire District was called at 9:06 p.m. Thursday to the 100 block of South Hills Drive in Tower Lakes for a report of a house fire. Responding fire crews […]
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Online marketplace seller robbed at gunpoint during transaction in Waukegan
A seller on the Letgo app was robbed at gunpoint by a prospective buyer during the transaction in a Waukegan parking lot, police said. Waukegan Police Chief Wayne Walles said that officers were called at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to a parking lot in the 700 block of North Green Bay Road for a report of […]
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Armed man shot by Lake County Sheriff’s deputy charged with attempted murder
An Ingleside man has been charged with attempted murder and numerous other charges after he pointed a gun at a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy and got shot in Wadsworth earlier this month. Angel X. Lopez, 23, of the 35800 block of North Wilson Road in Ingleside, was released from the hospital and transported to the […]
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3 men suspected in string of home burglaries arrested
Three men believed to be involved in a string of home burglaries were caught after Major Crimes Task Force investigators witnessed the crew break-in to a Buffalo Grove home. Pablo Martinez, 26, of Franklin Park, Oscar Peralta, 22, of Chicago, and Jaime A. Jaime, 32, of Cicero, were charged with residential burglary, a class 1 […]
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Lake County Sheriff K-9 units save two people in one day
Two Lake County Sheriff’s Canine Units are being recognized after saving two people in Round Lake Beach and Waukegan on Sunday, the sheriff’s office announced. Deputy John Forlenza and his canine partner Dax responded to help find a missing 36-year-old man with mental illness in Waukegan around 11:50 p.m. on Sunday. The man had been […]
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Body believed to be missing swimmer found on Highland Park beach
The Elgin woman who went missing last weekend on Lake Michigan is believed to be the body found Saturday morning at Openlands Beach in Highland Park. Lena Lemesh, 52, of Elgin, and Stanislaw Wlosek, Jr., 46, of Itasca, went missing on Lake Michigan after a polar-plunge type event last Sunday morning in Highland Park. The […]
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1 hospitalized after fire at Wauconda High School
A school employee was transported to the hospital after an electrical fire broke out in the locker room at Wauconda High School Thursday morning, fire officials said. The Wauconda Fire District was called at 9:57 am. on Thursday to a report of a structure fire at the Wauconda High School, 555 North Main Street. A […]
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Serious injuries after two trapped in Buffalo Grove crash
At least two people were seriously injured and trapped in a crash Wednesday evening in Buffalo Grove. Emergency crews responded around 5 p.m. to Milwaukee Avenue and Prague Avenue, just north of Lake Cook Road, in Buffalo Grove for a vehicle crash with people trapped. There was a person trapped in each of the two […]