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2 armed juveniles arrested after fleeing from officers in same area where shooting occurred prior day in Zion

Officers responding to a call of suspicious subjects chased down two teenagers, who were armed with guns, on the same block where a shooting occurred the day prior in Zion. The Zion Police Department responded around 2:53 p.m. Saturday and again at 3:40 p.m. Saturday for separate 911 calls of gunfire in the 2100 block […]

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2 students arrested following fireworks prank that sparked shooting scare at Zion-Benton Township High School

Two students were arrested Monday following a fireworks prank that caused a shooting scare at Zion-Benton Township High School, prompting a major police response to the school. Zion Police Department Lt. Paul Kehrli told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that a 14-year-old and 16-year-old from Zion were taken into custody before the lockdown was lifted […]