A North Chicago police canine successfully tracked down a driver and passenger who both fled the scene of a crash that left another person injured in North Chicago. The North Chicago Police Department and North Chicago Fire Department responded last Friday to Route 41 and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a call of a […]
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‘Truly devoted to community service’: Former North Chicago fire chief, Air Force veteran dies at age 91
Robert Sandahl Jr., who once served as the North Chicago fire chief, North Chicago alderman and served in the U.S. Air Force, has died at age 91 at his Gurnee home. The North Chicago Fire Department announced Sandahl’s death Monday afternoon. Sandahl died peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in Gurnee on Saturday, […]
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‘Loving and kindest soul’: Coroner identifies 20-year-old man killed in triple shooting at Waukegan strip mall
The coroner has identified a 20-year-old man who died after he was shot multiple times in a shooting that wounded two other men outside of a strip mall in Waukegan. An autopsy showed that Tarren Gibson, 20, of North Chicago, died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, according to Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner […]
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North Chicago man dies after shooting that left 2 other men wounded in Waukegan
Authorities say a North Chicago man has died after he was critically wounded in a shooting outside of a strip mall in Waukegan that left two other men hospitalized Wednesday evening. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday to a strip mall parking lot in the 1300 block of […]
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3 men shot, 1 seriously wounded, outside of strip mall in Waukegan
No one is in custody after three men were shot, one of which was seriously injured, outside of a strip mall in Waukegan Wednesday evening, police said. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday to a strip mall parking lot in the 1300 block of North Green Bay Road […]
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Man faces mandatory life sentence after jury finds him guilty of sexually assaulting three children in North Chicago
A man faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury found him guilty on Friday of sexually assaulting three children in a 2018 North Chicago incident. Maurice Thompson, 32, of North Chicago, was found guilty Friday by a jury of seven counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under the age of 13, […]
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Firefighters battle hours-long mulch fire at supplier in North Chicago
No one was injured and no structures were damaged after several fire departments battled a large mulch fire for three hours on Sunday, officials said. The North Chicago Fire Department responded around 2:10 p.m. Sunday to the area of The Mulch Center, 3023 23rd Place in North Chicago, for reports of smoke in the area. […]
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Coroner identifies 56-year-old man killed by car that fled the scene in North Chicago
A Waukegan man has been identified after he was killed when a vehicle hit him in North Chicago and then fled the scene Thursday evening. An autopsy showed that Eugene Durrly, 56, of Waukegan, died as a result of blunt force trauma from a crash, according to Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton. The […]
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Man charged in connection to Waukegan murder almost a year after being released from prison in different murder case
A North Chicago man is in federal custody in connection to a murder in Waukegan last month. He had been released from prison less than a year ago after prosecutors reduced his charges in a 2007 murder. Sergio Berrios, 42, of Beach Park, was found dead around 12:05 a.m. on October 3 in the 1300 […]