Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
A man is facing felony charges after three people were injured, including a woman who was seriously hurt, after a firework explosion in Antioch Saturday evening. At around 7:07 p.m. on Saturday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Antioch Fire Department,…
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A Chicago man has been charged following a shooting in Antioch on September 12, sheriff’s officials said. At about 10:30 a.m. on September 12, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the area of North…
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A burglary suspect was found sleeping in a car in Antioch early Tuesday morning, sheriff’s officials said. At around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 42600 block of North Lake Drive in Antioch Township for…
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A man is in custody after he followed a police officer, almost struck another police officer with his car, and then eluded police in a chase in Antioch last week. Police officials said that last Thursday an off-duty Antioch police…
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A 57-year-old man, who died after crashing his motorcycle into a tree in Antioch Sunday evening, has been identified by the coroner. Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper said that the man has been identified as Russell Schultz, 57, of Antioch….
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A 57-year-old man has died after crashing his motorcycle into a tree and being ejected in Antioch Sunday evening. At around 7:55 p.m. on Sunday, police said that the man was traveling on his motorcycle southbound on Nelson Road and…
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A Spring Grove man has been arrested and charged with theft after police said that he told a clerk to put money from the cash register in a bag at the Family Video store in Antioch earlier this month. At…
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