48+ min ago  (329+ words) Two miniature ponies and multiple chickens died after a fire fully engulfed and destroyed a barn, causing $150, 000 in damage, near Wauconda Friday afternoon. The Wauconda Fire District responded around 2: 15 p. m. Friday to the 27000 block of West May Street in unincorporated Wauconda…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (407+ words) An EF-0 tornado briefly touched down and left multiple trees uprooted and several homes damaged in the Saddlebrook Farms subdivision near Grayslake Wednesday evening. National Weather Service (NWS) Chicago confirmed to Lake & Mc Henry County Scanner that the tornado, with…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago  (373+ words) Five high-value Porsche vehicles were left damaged after a fire broke out inside a three-car garage, causing heavy damage to the structure, in Kildeer, fire officials said. The Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department responded around 3: 50 p. m. Sunday to the 21500 block of…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago  (359+ words) A wanted suspect was left seriously injured and most lanes on I-94 near Wadsworth remain shut down after he fled from the U. S. Marshals, rolled his car over, stabbed himself and was hit by a semi-truck while fleeing on foot. The Newport…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago  (612+ words) Prosecutors say the Holiday Hills police chief, who worked as an officer in Prairie Grove, used Flock license plate readers on and off-duty to track people he knew, including the ex-boyfriend of a woman he also dated. William C. Copp, 54, of…...

10+ hour, 5+ min ago  (318+ words) The medical examiner has released the identities of an elderly couple and their son, who all died after officers responding to a well-being check found them in their Buffalo Grove home Tuesday. The Buffalo Grove Police Department responded around 7: 45 a. m. Tuesday…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1452+ words) Approximately 100 people marched through Mundelein Thursday evening calling for justice and protesting the fatal police-involved shooting of an armed woman experiencing a mental health crisis at a Mundelein home. Mary Alice Love, 37, of Mundelein, was shot multiple times and killed…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (271+ words) The coroner says an autopsy showed a 7-year-old boy likely drowned after he went missing before being found unresponsive in a pond in Lake in the Hills Wednesday evening. The Lake in the Hills Police Department responded just before 6 p. m. Wednesday…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (573+ words) The coroner has released the identity of a 15-year-old girl, who was a Mundelein High School student, who died after being struck by a train in Mundelein as the school offers support to her fellow classmates. An autopsy performed Monday…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (301+ words) The Holiday Hills police chief, who also worked as an officer for Prairie Grove, was arrested for allegedly using law enforcement databases, including license plate reader data, for personal use. William C. Copp, 54, of Crystal Lake, was charged with two counts…...