Lake & McHenry County Scanner

A garage was fully engulfed in flames and the fire spread to the siding of a house, which was occupied, after lawn equipment likely ignited the blaze near Wauconda Saturday evening. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A judge on Tuesday sentenced a gunman to 76 years in prison for fatally shooting a 42-year-old man who was lured into an apartment, robbed and then had his body bleached and dumped in a bathtub in Antioch. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A Mexican man who was deported five times was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for illegally returning to the U.S. where he sexually assaulted a teen girl in Harvard before police caught him. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

Rollover Crash w/Entrapment (Woodstock) McHenry County Sheriff and Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts on scene of a report of a two-vehicle crash with injuries at Vermont Rd and Collins Rd. One vehicle rolled over in a ditch with entrapment. A medical helicopter has been canceled. facebook.com/876785684542274…

Village officials were forced to cancel a Mundelein board meeting after protesters filled the room chanting "He's gotta go!", days after prosecutors declined to charge the police sergeant who fatally shot an armed woman. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

Serious Crash (Spring Grove) Spring Grove Fire District and McHenry County Sheriff on scene of a report of a vehicle vs bicycle crash with serious injuries at Main St and Villa Vista (just west of Fox Lake Fire Station #4). The bicyclist was reported to be unconscious and not breathing, down in the roadway. facebook.com/876785684542274…

A 21-year-old woman kicked two police officers, spat at a third and scratched one, breaking his skin, after officers found her threatening her boyfriend at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, prosecutors said. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

The wife of the man who owns Vista Medical Center East called the loss of its trauma designation "just a minor setback" as a state representative said two hospital systems backed out of buying it at a town hall in Waukegan. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

The co-owner of Skinner's Amusements, a family carnival company in Marengo that dates back to 1910 and brings rides to fairs across northern Illinois, has died at 90 in the hospital. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A three-vehicle crash sent a car into a ditch where it became fully engulfed in flames on Interstate 90 near Marengo, hours after a deadly crash a few miles west closed lanes on the same stretch, police said. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

The U.S. Department of Justice will not say whether it is sending federal election monitors to Lake and McHenry counties for next week's election amid the Trump administration's push for the "largest monitoring effort in history." lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A 36-year-old Algonquin mother of two was strangled to death in a Chicago apartment by a man who then sexually assaulted a second woman at gunpoint as the mother lay dead in the same apartment, authorities said. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A 43-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of sexually abusing his child neighbor for seven months, hiding it with coded messages and buying Plan B to avoid detection and a pregnancy, prosecutors said. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A 22-year-old Lake Bluff man who was among five dead in a murder-suicide committed by his father in Mundelein is being remembered by his family as "wonderful, gentle, and kind" and by his boss as a "brilliant and passionate chef." lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A 72-year-old Fox Lake man who is a former owner of the now-closed J & D's Bar and Grill near Wauconda is accused of selling a large amount of cocaine in Lake County, authorities said. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

State health officials say they are "disappointed by the lack of clear communication" from Vista Medical Center East's leaders and got no warning before anesthesia services stopped at the Waukegan hospital despite weekly meetings. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A driver and two passengers were transported to the hospital after their car failed to yield at a stop sign and was hit by a garbage truck in a crash that left both vehicles with heavy damage near Marengo, authorities said. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A man was convicted of first-degree murder after jurors saw video of a masked lookout outside a 51-year-old man's Waukegan home as the victim was pulled back inside where he was beaten, stabbed and shot. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

A downstate man was charged Monday with mailing salt he told agents looked like anthrax to four members of Congress after hearing of white powder letters like the one that drew a hazmat team to Congressman Brad Schneider’s Lincolnshire office. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…

The sheriff's office said in an update that alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in a crash that left a teen with life-threatening injuries after his car crossed the center line, collided with an SUV and rolled over near Harvard Saturday. lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/…