A reported armed robbery at Lenny's Gas & Wash in Green Oaks, Illinois, involved six masked suspects armed with baseball bats and sledgehammers. The suspects fled in a black Dodge with no visible license plate, and the Lake County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident.
A juvenile and four adults were hospitalized after two separate crashes occurred minutes apart in the Gurnee area, including a rollover and a high-speed crash.
A Chicago photographer is accused of traveling to McHenry County to meet a minor and sexually abusing the child at a park in Harvard.
Police arrested Maria D. Vara-Lopez, 37, of Waukegan (top left); Gilberto Castaneda-Ortiz, 38, of Waukegan (top right); and Jose A. Negrete-Zuniga, 39, of Joliet (bottom right) on charges of home invasion and armed robbery after prosecutors say the woman recruited three men who robbed her roommate at gunpoint inside a home in the 700 block of Indiana Street in Waukegan on August 3. | Background Photo: Google Street View; Inset: Provided WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Three people are facing serious felony […]
PULSE RADIO 96.1 | THE BEAT OF LAKE COUNTY The familiar claim that “nobody wants to work anymore” is facing growing pushback from job seekers who say they are applying for jobs — but struggling to make it through increasingly complicated hiring processes. The frustration is particularly noticeable in retail, where customers can walk into stores and find closed checkout lanes, limited staffing and long self-checkout lines while “Now Hiring” signs remain posted at the entrance. At the same time, […]
ZION, Ill. — Police are warning residents in Zion and surrounding communities about a potentially deadly batch of illicit drugs believed to be connected to multiple overdose deaths this week. The Zion Police Department issued an urgent community alert Thursday evening after authorities identified what they described as a “highly dangerous” batch of drugs circulating in the area. Investigators believe the substance involved is cocaine contaminated with an unknown additive. Authorities say the suspected batch has been linked to at […]
Rebekah D. Smith, 25, of Zion, was arrested on Thursday following a search warrant of her residence where investigators found evidence that she possessed sexual abuse videos of children. | Provided Photo ZION, Ill. — A 25-year-old Zion woman is facing felony charges following a cybercrime investigation that authorities say uncovered child sexual abuse material on her cellphone. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said its Cybercrime Detectives began investigating after receiving information that images and videos involving children were allegedly […]
The Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team investigates a crash involving a young juvenile pedestrian and a vehicle at the intersection of 20th Street and Honore Avenue in North Chicago that left the victim critically injured Thursday afternoon. | Photo: Craig / Captured News NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. — A young child remains in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Thursday afternoon in a residential area of North Chicago. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of 20th Street […]
A Waukegan man was found dead inside a car, where he was suspected of being for over a day, as church-goers arrived for Mass at Marytown – The National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe, 1600 West Park Avenue in Libertyville. | Photo: Google Street View; Inset: Provided LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — Authorities are investigating after a 36-year-old Waukegan man was found dead inside a vehicle at a religious center in Libertyville as people were arriving for Sunday Mass. The Libertyville Fire […]
