Lake & McHenry County Scanner

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Three citations were issued to a single driver for a crash between a Lake Villa Fire Protection District ambulance and two SUVs on Route 45 in Libertyville. https://t.co/05QlpAOZGO

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A Crystal Lake man has been charged with aggravated battery after using a skateboard as a weapon to fracture the skull of a victim. https://t.co/LT8xj7WCz5

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Members of the Grayslake Fire District are mourning today after a longtime fire district trustee and fire commissioner died Saturday, officials said. https://t.co/E21afGTJn3

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No one was injured, but residents were displaced after a home filled up with smoke and was heavily damaged in a fire in Round Lake Beach Wednesday morning. https://t.co/JEMXekMts7

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A Lake in the Hills man has been sentenced to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 more than 15 years ago in Crystal Lake, authorities said. https://t.co/7dZjfgZ2gZ

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An unincorporated Cary man has been charged with being intoxicated on cocaine and behind the wheel of an SUV when it hit and killed a 95-year-old man from Palatine who was attempting to repair his broken-down car in Deer Park in January. https://t.co/bRDkcrHfqf

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A man allegedly stabbed his father-in-law multiple times and critically injured him during a domestic dispute at a North Chicago home on Wednesday morning. https://t.co/GhmdhD15mI

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A Lake in the Hills man has been charged with his 8th DUI after allegedly causing a head-on crash that left numerous people hospitalized, some with serious injuries, in Algonquin early Sunday morning. https://t.co/tB8rCDeXIj

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A Waukegan man has been charged with driving under the influence for his role in a three-vehicle, wrong-way crash in Beach Park that injured several children and people in 2025. https://t.co/R9EP6Shz96

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Rollover Crash (Libertyville) Libertyville Fire Dept, Lake Forest Fire Dept, Illinois State Police and Lake County Sheriff on scene of a semi-truck that crashed into the median and rolled over on its side on northbound Interstate 94 just south of Route 137. The crash is impacting both directions on the interstate. One victim being evaluated by paramedics. https://t.co/6XK10b7sn5

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Rollover Crash (Long Grove) Long Grove Fire Dept on scene of a semi-tractor-trailer truck that rolled over on the ramp from northbound Route 53 to westbound Lake Cook Road. Fire crews are evaluating whether the material being hauled is hazardous or not. An extrication response was initially dispatched but the driver is now out of the truck. https://t.co/BEkkLBlgtk

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A driver was hospitalized and had to be extricated after a forklift fell off a semi-tractor-trailer and struck his vehicle while driving in Barrington Hills Tuesday afternoon. https://t.co/hOCtZOgEzv

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Structure Fire (Round Lake Beach) Greater Round Lake FPD on scene of a working house fire in the 1000 block of Brentwood Dr. Automatic aid departments responding. https://t.co/HVhTXPnclJ

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Police and DCFS are investigating a report that a teacher physically abused a non-verbal child with disabilities at Gages Lake School, which is a special education school in Lake County. https://t.co/PGB52fSPLj

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The sheriff said in an update that a Woodstock man was suspected to have alcohol and drugs in his system and was speeding, leading to a rollover crash that left him ejected and in critical condition near Huntley. https://t.co/Hny3Dbef5t

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Communities are mourning the death of a former Johnsburg library director and Woodstock librarian who was battling ALS and had dedicated over two decades of service, touching the hearts of many with her contagious smile and unwavering passion for literacy. https://t.co/RGqWp763Rj

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A man was arrested after he allegedly lost control of his car and smashed into a pole while intoxicated, causing his car to catch on fire in downtown Round Lake early Saturday morning. https://t.co/80K20DJ7hd

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Crash w/Entrapment (Barrington Hills) East Dundee Fire Dept on scene of a forklift that fell off a vehicle onto another car with heavy damage on the car at Route 68 and Bateman Rd. Extrication in progress on a trapped victim. The roadway is shut down. https://t.co/G58eF6wmQp

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A family is mourning the death of a Marengo woman, who had just turned 22, after she was killed when another driver crashed head-on into her car near Huntley as she was traveling to Walmart Thursday. https://t.co/A9ngVtXYIN

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Two teens riding a dirt bike suffered minor injuries after colliding with a passenger vehicle in a food pantry parking lot in Johnsburg, authorities said. https://t.co/JWr9a3IKS7