A 29-year-old Woodstock woman crashed her car into a stoplight, fire hydrant and ended up on top of a utility box in Woodstock early Sunday morning. Woodstock Police and Woodstock Fire/Rescue were called at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday to the scene of the crash at Route 47 and Route 120. Firefighters extricated the driver, a 29-year-old […]
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Major Crimes Task Force investigating ‘suspicious death’ in Lake Villa
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is investigating after a man was found dead with ‘suspicious injuries’ in an alley in Lake Villa Saturday evening. The Lake Villa Police Department was called at 10:30 p.m. Saturday to the 300 block of east Grand Avenue in Lake Villa for a report of an injured person […]
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Gurnee police officers cleared in fatal shooting of woman armed with rifle
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has cleared two Gurnee police officers who fatally shot a woman armed with a military-style rifle on Route 41 in late May. Gurnee Police Department Officer Benjamin Bozer and Detective Sgt. Jon Ward both shot Makell Meyerin, 31, of Antioch, on May 23, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office […]
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Woodstock woman struck by lightning, seriously injured at Country Thunder festival
A 22-year-old Woodstock woman was seriously injured after being struck by lightning early Friday morning at the Country Thunder Music Festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said that at 12:36 a.m. on Friday, Brittney N. Prehn, 22, of Woodstock, was struck by lightning at the Country Thunder Music Festival, 2305 Lance […]
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Man airlifted to hospital after motorcycle crash in Bull Valley
A man was airlifted by Flight For Life on Thursday after crashing his motorcycle in Bull Valley. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District were called around 7:45 a.m. Thursday to a report of a crash involving a motorcycle in the 1000 block of Cold Springs Road in Bull Valley, which is […]
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Lake County Sheriff’s Office to be featured on new Live PD spinoff show
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that their deputies will return to television on a new Live PD spinoff show called ‘Women on Patrol’. The television show will feature women deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on the show, which is set to begin filming this month. Lake County Sheriff Sgt. Christopher […]
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Gold Pyramid House may be demolished, rebuilt after fire
The owners of the Gold Pyramid House in Wadsworth said that the house may have to be demolished and rebuilt after fire and water damage was estimated at $3 million. The Gold Pyramid House, which is located on the far northeast side of Lake County at 37921 North Dilleys Road in Wadsworth, caught fire around […]
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Couple kept young child locked in basement, thought she was “possessed by a demon”
Waukegan police arrested the parents of a 10-year-old girl who thought she was possessed by a demon and forced the girl to live in a locked basement in deplorable conditions. Randy Swopes, 48, and Katherine Swopes, 49, both of Waukegan, were charged with child endangerment and unlawful restraint after being arrested Tuesday. Waukegan Police Chief […]
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Grayslake man charged in DUI hit-and-run crash that killed 65-year-old man
A Grayslake man has been indicted on multiple charges after police say he fled the scene of a crash in March in Round Lake Park that left a 65-year-old man dead. Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko said that Steven A. Rosellini, 27 of the 600 block of Swan Drive in Grayslake, was indicted on […]