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The coroner has released the identity of a 17-year-old boy who died after the SUV he was driving swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a Chicago Tribune box truck in Deerfield Monday morning.
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A parolee threatened to shoot and stab a 13-year-old boy, struck him repeatedly in the face, leaving a wound that needed stitches, and stole his phone and wallet, then robbed a woman at a bus stop the next day in Waukegan, prosecutors said.
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The coroner has released the identity of a 29-year-old Waukegan man who died after his SUV drifted onto the center median and struck a concrete barrier in Green Oaks early Sunday morning.
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JUST IN: A former Woodstock elementary school counselor and girls swim coach was arrested Sunday and charged with prostitution after police say she offered sexual services for money in text messages and online.
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A 17-year-old boy is dead after his SUV swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a Chicago Tribune box truck in Deerfield early Monday morning, authorities said.
A 54-year-old woman was found dead submerged in a bathtub inside her hotel room when officers made entry during a well-being check in Antioch Saturday evening, police said.
Firefighters had to extricate a driver as live power lines lay across a rolled-over pickup truck following a three-vehicle crash that police say was caused by a driver suffering a medical emergency in Lincolnshire.
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The state health department said Sunday that missed payroll at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan is "completely unacceptable and irresponsible" and that the hospital's California owner has failed to plan responsibly.
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A Round Lake mother who has been held by ICE in a Kentucky jail for more than a year over two retail theft cases, the most recent from 15 years ago, is being detained in violation of her due process rights, a federal judge ruled.
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A Georgia woman on probation for stabbing her boyfriend is accused of cutting him with a knife in Waukegan during an argument over their daughter joining the Army, with officers having to forcibly arrest her.
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A 20-year-old Highwood man died after he fell from an elevated Interstate 94 exit ramp and police officers later found him unresponsive on the street below in Chicago, authorities said.
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A 29-year-old Waukegan man died after his SUV drifted from the roadway onto the center median and struck a concrete barrier in Green Oaks early Sunday morning, the sheriff's office said.
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Drowning (Antioch) Antioch Fire Dept on scene of a report of a person drowning at Antioch Hotel and Suites, 350 West Route 173. Fire crews are requesting a second ambulance to the scene. Unknown condition of the victim.
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A huge boulder the Volo Museum unearthed during renovations could be a prehistoric piece of history carried by glaciers like the 50-ton rock recently dug up at O'Hare Airport, the museum announced.
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A man who was chased at gunpoint at a North Chicago gas station has been charged with retrieving his own gun and firing at least six shots at the armed suspect's car as it drove away while his young child was nearby.
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A 19-year-old woman and her 26-year-old boyfriend were rushed to the hospital after being shot inside a house during a reported home invasion in Waukegan, police said.
The principal and assistant principal of Gavin Central Elementary School in Ingleside will no longer serve in their roles for the rest of the school year, the district told families, citing a personnel matter.
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A man found living in the woods in Maine was arrested with help from federal agents after being accused of soliciting a sexually explicit video from a 12-year-old McHenry County girl on Snapchat, authorities said.
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JUST IN: The state has ordered ambulances to stop bringing patients to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan starting Saturday morning "until further notice" in an unexplained move.
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Police Activity (Crystal Lake) McHenry PD and McHenry County Sheriff's Office have been actively searching for a missing person threatening to harm themselves and possibly armed with a stolen gun in the area of Walkup Road and Edgewood Road. Police have checked Shiloh Church, fields, wooded areas and nearby subdivisions. They have also set up a perimeter and a drone was brought in to assist.
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