A 38-year-old man was struck and killed early Sunday morning after being hit by a pickup truck and then by a car while crossing Randall Road in Crystal Lake. The Crystal Lake Police Department said that the man, 38, of Mahomet, Illinois, was crossing Randall Road near Angela Lane at 12:36 a.m. when a Toyota […]
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5-year-old flown to hospital after crash in McHenry County
A 5-year-old was flown by Flight For Life to the hospital and two others were injured after a two-vehicle crash near Union on Friday. Emergency crews were called at 3:50 p.m. on Friday to a vehicle crash involving a 2001 Ford F-150 and a 2013 Toyota Sienna at Coral Road and Union Road in Coral […]
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Family in shock after 11-year-old McHenry girl kills herself
A McHenry family is in mourning after an 11-year-old girl was found dead after hanging herself last week. Police told the family they believe it was because she was bullied. Lilyana Isis Soto, 11, of McHenry, was found dead by her younger brother in the garage of her family’s home after she hung herself last […]
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Crystal Lake heroin dealer sentenced to prison
A Crystal Lake man was sentenced to four and a half years in prison after police caught him with 36 bags of heroin during a traffic stop last year. Paul Benzinger, 30, of Crystal Lake, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to deliver (1-15 grams), a class 1 felony, on Monday, McHenry County […]
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Former Lake in the Hills man sentenced for sexually assaulting children
A former Lake in the Hills man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls, who were his relatives, McHenry County prosecutors said. Edgar A. Arana, 73, formerly of Lake in the Hills, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. McHenry County State’s […]
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Semi-truck, Jeep roll over in fiery crash near Marengo
The driver of a Jeep, whose vehicle collided with a semi-truck in Marengo, causing both vehicles to rollover, miraculously survived the Monday morning crash. The Marengo Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was called around 8 a.m. to Coral Road and Maple Street for a report of a crash involving a semi-truck and […]
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$150K in damage after fire ignites at Cubby Hole restaurant in Richmond
Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire at the Cubby Hole restaurant in Richmond Saturday night. The Richmond Fire Department was called at 9 p.m. on Saturday to the Cubby Hole restaurant, 10713 Main Street in Richmond, for a report of a structure fire. Firefighters arrived and found heavy flames and smoke […]
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Explosion reported at scene of townhouse fire in Huntley
An explosion, gas leak and fire was reported at a townhouse in Huntley’s Sun City Community Tuesday morning, fire officials reported. The Huntley Fire Protection District was called to the 13400 block of Michigan Avenue in Huntley for a report of a townhouse fire. The home is in the Del Webb Sun City Community, which […]
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Good Samaritans honored for rescuing woman in Huntley retention pond
Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. 11 Good Samaritans were honored on Wednesday for helping save a woman who rolled her car over into a retention pond off of Interstate 90 in Huntley on August 3. Illinois State Police officials recognized a group […]