16-year-old McHenry West High School student Danielle E. Thomas was identified as the girl killed after a car drove into the wrong lanes of traffic, striking her vehicle head-on in Wauconda Friday evening. The Wauconda Police Department and Wauconda Fire District responded to the northbound lanes of Route 12 just south of Case Road at […]
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16-year-old girl killed, four other teens injured after head-on crash in Wauconda
A 16-year-old girl was killed after another car drove into the wrong lanes of traffic, striking her vehicle head-on in Wauconda Friday evening, police said. The Wauconda Police Department and Wauconda Fire District responded to the northbound lanes of Route 12 just south of Case Road at 10:15 p.m. Friday for a two-vehicle crash. Wauconda […]
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Husband dies, wife and Good Samaritan injured after Round Lake Park house fire
A husband was killed, and his wife and a Good Samaritan were injured after a house fire in Round Lake Park late Thursday evening, fire officials said. The Grayslake Fire Protection District responded at 11:55 p.m. Thursday to a possible structure fire in the 2500 block of Lippizan Lane in Round Lake Park. Before firefighters […]
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84-year-old Grayslake man goes missing from Park City
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating an 84-year-old Grayslake man, who authorities say is endangered, after he went missing from Park City Wednesday morning after leaving an appointment. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said that Thomas G. Turnbull, 84, of the 34100 block of Wright Avenue in unincorporated Grayslake, was last seen […]
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Round Lake Beach teen charged in crash that left 70-year-old woman dead
A 17-year-old Round Lake Beach boy, who told investigators he fell asleep while driving, has been charged in connection with a crash near Third Lake in July, which left a 70-year-old Grayslake woman dead. The teen, whose name is not being released because he is a juvenile, was charged on Saturday with improper lane usage […]
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Sheriff: Father bit baby because she would not fall asleep
A Lake Villa father was arrested after sheriff’s officials said he bit his 10-month-old child because he was angry she would not fall asleep. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was notified on Monday by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) about possible child abuse which occurred at a home in the 38800 […]
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Lake County Jail inmate seriously hurt after being choked by other inmate
A Lake County Jail inmate is facing charges after he allegedly choked another inmate, leaving him seriously injured, the sheriff’s office said. Lake County Sheriff Sgt. Christopher Covelli said that a 59-year-old Deerfield man, who is an inmate in the Lake County Jail, was found on Saturday by a corrections officer having what appeared to […]
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Lake Villa man charged in connection with Ingleside shooting, home invasion
One of two masked gunmen who entered an Ingleside home on February 9, demanding money before shooting two people inside, has been charged, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. Jerome D. Freeman, 28, of the 36600 block of North Fairfield Road in unincorporated Lake Villa, has been charged with home invasion, aggravated battery with a […]
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Drunk driver smashes into Illinois State Police car near Lake Forest
An Illinois State Police trooper was injured after a drunk driver crashed into his squad car on Interstate 94 near Lake Forest early Friday morning. Clyde Maki Jr., 50, of the 1800 block of 104th Street in Pleasant Prairie, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence and aggravated driving on a suspended license. He […]