A 19-year-old teen has died after being rescued from the water in Lake Leopold in the Prairie Crossing subdivision in Grayslake Wednesday evening. An autopsy Thursday morning confirmed the cause of death as drowning. Lake County Coroner Howard Cooper said that the teen’s identity is being withheld pending notification of the family. Toxicology results should be […]
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Police seek public’s help identifying man found wandering near Barrington
**UPDATE 6/23/17: The man has been identified and reunited with family police say.** The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man unable to communicate who was found on the side of the road in Barrington Township. The subject was found on the side of the road near Lake […]
Small fire reported at assisted living facility in Vernon Hills
The Countryside Fire Protection District responded to a fire at Victory Centre assisted living facility Wednesday morning after the fire alarms activated. Firefighters arrived after the fire alarms went off at around 9:30 a.m. to find a dryer on fire in the laundry room of the nursing home at 97 West Phillip Road in Vernon […]
Police investigating armed home invasion in Lindenhurst
The Lindenhurst Police Department is investigating a home invasion in which a male offender, armed with a handgun, broke into a home in Lindenhurst early Tuesday morning. The suspect entered a home in the 700 block of Beck Rd in Lindenhurst at approximately 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. The offender was described as an African American […]
Coroner releases autopsy results of man who was found dead in Crystal Lake pond
Preliminary autopsy results have been released by the McHenry County Coroner’s Office of the man who was found dead in a pond in Crystal Lake Monday. Police were called Monday after a dead body was spotted in the retention pond across from the OfficeMax, 4417 Northwest Highway in Crystal Lake. The preliminary autopsy results released […]
Bicyclist in critical condition after being hit by a van in North Barrington
A bicyclist was critically injured after being struck by a van in North Barrington on Monday. The crash occurred at around noon near Biltmore Drive and Miller Road in North Barrington. The bicyclist was a 19-year-old man from Crystal Lake according to Lake County Sheriff Sgt. Christopher Covelli. The crash happened after the teenager turned […]
Roads reopened in downtown Barrington after train-truck crash
A freight train struck a tractor-trailer truck Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Barrington, shutting down train and vehicle traffic in downtown Barrington. The crash occurred at around 8:40 a.m. after the semi-truck’s back end was partially on the railroad tracks on Route 59 near James Street as the truck was heading southbound. A freight train […]
No injuries after extra-alarm vacant house fire in Lake Zurich
No one was injured when a vacant residential structure caught fire Saturday in unincorporated Lake Zurich. The Wauconda Fire District responded at 9:20 p.m. to the 25000 block of North Old McHenry Road for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival they were met with heavy fire that was coming through the roof of […]
Man killed after car hits pole in Mundelein
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Wauconda Fire Department responded at 10:10 p.m. Saturday to a report of a car that hit a pole in unincorporated Mundelein. When sheriff’s deputies arrived they located a single-vehicle with heavy damage which struck a utility pole. The driver was trapped in the vehicle. Preliminary investigation shows a 2005 […]