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Police, bomb-sniffing dogs responding to Barrington High School after bomb threat prompts evacuation

Students have been evacuated and sent home while police investigate two bomb threats that were made toward Barrington High School Monday afternoon. The Barrington Police Department and Barrington Fire Department responded to the school, located at 616 West Main Street, around 1 p.m. Monday for a report of a bomb threat. Students and staff at […]

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Fire department remembers Lincolnshire firefighter who died 3 years ago in off-duty accident in Fox Lake

The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District said they are remembering a veteran firefighter and father who died in an off-duty accident in Fox Lake three years ago today. Mark Amore, 46, of McHenry, died on April 16, 2020, while working at his side job as a heavy equipment operator for Pirtano Construction. Amore was operating a […]

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Registered sex offender charged with sexually abusing teenage girl, resisting arrest in Zion

A registered sex offender has been charged with sexually abusing a teenage girl in Zion on multiple occasions and resisting when police tried to arrest him. Cortez M. Campbell, 22, of Zion, was charged with five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. A criminal complaint filed in Lake County Circuit Court alleges Campbell committed several […]

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Investigation underway after train crew spots deceased man along railroad tracks in Wadsworth

Traffic was blocked at multiple railroad crossings after a freight train stopped after coming upon a deceased man along the train tracks in Wadsworth Saturday afternoon. A spokesperson for Union Pacific told Lake and McHenry County Scanner the incident happened around 12:15 p.m. Saturday. A Union Pacific train stopped after an incident involving a pedestrian […]

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Man on probation for gun case arrested after allegedly recklessly fleeing during police chase in Waukegan

A Waukegan man, who is on probation, ran multiple red lights and drove into oncoming traffic while leading police on a chase in Waukegan, prosecutors said. Anthony Gallegos, 21, of Waukegan, was charged with aggravated fleeing to elude, reckless driving, three counts of disregarding a traffic control device and driving without a license. Lake County […]