Lake and McHenry County Scanner
Providing breaking news as it happens in Lake & McHenry Counties in Illinois
A Waukegan man has been charged with murder after police said he shot and killed a North Chicago man following an argument last week. Andre G. Jones, 34, of the 1700 block of Longview Road in Waukegan, was arrested on…
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The Lake County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the 29-year-old North Chicago man who died after being shot early Monday morning. North Chicago police were called at 12:51 a.m. for a report of shots fired near Green Bay…
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The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is investigating after a 29-year-old North Chicago man died after being shot early Monday morning. North Chicago police were called at 12:51 a.m. for a report of shots fired near Green Bay Road…
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A 29-year-old North Chicago man was killed after being hit by a Metra train on Tuesday, the Lake County Coroner’s Office said. The North Chicago Police Department, North Chicago Fire Department and Metra Police Department responded around 6 p.m. to…
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Firefighters in North Chicago hoisted a horse to safety after it jumped halfway out of a trailer and got stuck, fire officials said. North Chicago Fire Department Chief Dell Urban called the incident an “unusual, once in a career scenario.”…
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An electrical contractor was seriously injured Wednesday morning in a hit-and-run at the Lovell Federal Health Center in North Chicago. According to a spokesperson for Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, a 47-year-old private electrical contractor…
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A man is facing numerous felony charges after he sold cocaine and attempted to sell a gun to an undercover Lake County Sheriff’s detective. The Lake County Sheriff’s Gang Task Force concluded a long-term investigation which they said resulted in…
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