Walgreens, a Deerfield-based company and one of the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains, announced it is laying off over 450 employees in Illinois after it was bought by private equity last year. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/01/d...

Crash w/Injuries (Lake Zurich) Lake Zurich PD and Lake Zurich FD on scene of a two vehicle crash with moderate to heavy damage and multiple patients at IL-22 & Orchard Pond Drive. Second ambulance requested. IL-22 is being shutdown.

Over two dozen fire departments spent several hours battling a wildland fire, fueled by high winds and dry air, that burned over 150 acres on the border of Antioch and Old Mill Creek Friday afternoon. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/01/m...

A resident confronted a suspect who was trying to break into buildings on his property, prompting the sheriff’s office and police officers to conduct a large search near Richmond. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/01/r...

Structure Fire (Woodstock) McHenry County Sheriff’s Office on scene of a working house fire in the 12100 block of Baker Terrace. A deputy report the home is fully engulfed in flames. Fire crews en route reporting a large smoke header seen in the distance.

Serious Crash (Antioch) Antioch Fire Dept on scene of a car that crashed into a pole at Route 173 and North Lake Ave. One victim is unresponsive and CPR is in progress.

A person, believed to be a worker, was left seriously injured and rushed to the hospital following an accident at a manufacturing facility in Crystal Lake, fire officials said. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/01/p...

Two residents were evaluated by paramedics after they escaped from a fire that started in the basement of an unincorporated Round Lake home early Sunday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/01/f...

Police are investigating after a visitor found human skeletal remains in a wooded area at Baker's Lake Nature Preserve in Barrington, officials said. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/03/01/i...

Basement Fire (Round Lake) Greater Round Lake FPD and automatic aid departments on scene of a working basement fire in the 34200 block of Harrison Ave. Active fire in the basement. Crews are conducting an offensive fire attack.

Law enforcement agencies in Lake and McHenry counties and across the U.S. are remaining vigilant and actively monitoring for threats amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/28/l...

BREAKING: A Fox Lake man has been charged with the murder of a Fox Lake woman who was found stabbed to death next to a dumpster at a hotel in Cook County Wednesday, police announced. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/28/f...

Crash w/Entrapment (Highland Park) Highland Park Fire Dept and Highland Park PD on scene of a three-vehicle crash with multiple injuries on northbound Route 41 south of Half Day Road. Fire crews are extricating a trapped victim. Command requesting three ambulances to the scene.

Prosecutors say a man told a child, whom he solicited on Snapchat, “you earned yourself some food,” and took her to eat after he sexually abused her in the parking lot of a store in Algonquin. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/28/m...

Two residents were left homeless after smoking materials caused a fire on a deck that spread to a house in Wauconda Thursday evening, fire officials said. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/28/2...

A man has been sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to intentionally driving his truck into a Harley-Davidson dealership in Woodstock in 2022. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/28/6...

The coroner has released the identity of a 50-year-old Waukegan mother and grandmother who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run vehicle in Winthrop Harbor Thursday as her family offers a reward. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/28/c...

Crash w/Injuries (Grayslake) Grayslake FPD on scene of a two-vehicle crash with injuries at Peterson Rd & Midlothian Rd. Second ambulance requested.

Crash w/Entrapment (Knollwood) Lake Forest FD on scene of a vehicle crash with entrapment on southbound US-41 north of IL-176. Southbound lanes of US-41 are being shutdown.

Four residents and a dog were left displaced after a fire damaged a garage and spread to two houses, leaving both uninhabitable, in Holiday Hills Friday afternoon. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/27/4...

Police say they recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested the driver after finding him in possession of a “significant amount” of methamphetamine in Huntley Wednesday afternoon. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/27/p...

A judge ordered a man released from custody after he was arrested for possessing ammunition without a FOID card, which prompted a SWAT response and shelter-in-place order in Lake in the Hills Thursday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/27/j...

A 21-year-old woman died after she and a second person, who was flown to the hospital, were critically injured in a crash with a semi-truck on Interstate 90 in Huntley Thursday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/27/2...

Brush Fire (Antioch) Antioch Fire Dept and Newport Fire District on scene of a large brush fire in a field near Route 173 and Crawford Road. Initially reported to be at least five acres. Numerous fire departments have been dispatched to the scene and working to contain the fire.

Brush Fire (Barrington Hills) Barrington-Countryside Fire District on scene of a large brush fire in the 300 block of Oak Knoll Road. Fire crews have been on scene for the past 30 minutes working to extinguish the fire, which remains ongoing. Multiple fire departments are assisting.

A former Lake in the Hills woman has been charged with threatening to harm the McHenry County state's attorney, saying she would drag her by her hair and was coming for her, while also threatening a former state's attorney. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/27/i...

Structure Fire (Holiday Hills) McHenry Township FPD and automatic aid departments responding to a report of a shed and fence on fire spreading to a house in the 2400 block of S Riverview Dr. The incident is being upgraded to a working fire.

JUST IN: The coroner has released the identities of a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s who both died when their car collided head-on into a semi-truck on Route 173 in Wadsworth Thursday. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/27/c...

Serious Crash (Winthrop Harbor) Winthrop Harbor PD and Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) have been on scene investigating a reported car vs pedestrian crash with serious injuries on Sheridan Road south of 14th St.

Structure Fire (Wauconda) Wauconda Fire District on scene of a working house fire in the 1100 block of Northshore Drive. Fire crews report flames showing from the rear of the house. Utility companies requested to the scene. Multiple fire departments en route.

A boat, snowmobile, trailer and garden tractor were among several items destroyed after a fire that sent heavy smoke into the sky in McHenry Wednesday afternoon. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/b...

One person was flown to the hospital and a second person was also hospitalized after the two were critically injured in a crash that shut down Interstate 90 near Huntley for hours Thursday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/1...

The SWAT response and shelter-in-place order in Lake in the Hills Thursday morning was due to a search warrant on a 20-year-old man allegedly possessing 38 rounds of pistol and rifle ammunition without a FOID card. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/m...

Crash w/Injuries (Libertyville) Libertyville PD and Libertyville FD on scene of a three-vehicle crash with injuries on westbound IL-137 east of Butterfield Road. A total of three ambulances requested so far.

The sheriff says a sedan is believed to be at fault after it drifted out of its lane and drove head-on into a semi-truck, killing a man and a woman in the sedan on Route 173 in Wadsworth Thursday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/s...

The owner of a Richmond equestrian center has been suspended from a national equestrian organization where he is a judge after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child employee. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/o...

JUST IN: A shelter-in-place order was issued for residents in a subdivision in Lake in the Hills but has since been lifted as law enforcement and SWAT responded to an incident Thursday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/s...

DEVELOPING: Two people were killed after a head-on crash between a semi-truck and a passenger car that has shut down Route 173 near Zion Thursday morning, the sheriff said. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/26/2...

Authorities are crediting firefighters' quick actions in extinguishing a fire that damaged the rear deck attached to a house before it could spread to the home in Cary Wednesday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/c...

An electric vehicle caught on fire and spread to a large garage, quickly fully engulfing the structure and leaving it a total loss while causing minor damage to a home in Fox Lake. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/e...

House Fire (Wauconda) Wauconda PD and Wauconda FD on scene of a working house fire in the 500 block of Brown Street. Fire showing from the chimney on arrival. Multiple automatic aid fire departments responding.

Firefighters rescued two men and transported them to the hospital after they fell through the ice into a channel on the Fox River in Port Barrington Wednesday afternoon. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/2...

Traumatic Injury (Crystal Lake) Crystal Lake Fire on scene at Serv-All Die and Tool Co, 110 Erick St with an unknown traumatic injury. A medical helicopter is requested to meet the Ambulance at McHenry Hospital.

A suspect is wanted after police were called to a home invasion in a subdivision in Algonquin where the suspect forced entry and attacked a woman during a domestic altercation. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/s...

An off-duty rookie firefighter who just hours before receiving his badge rescued a teenager after the boy and his mother fell through the ice near Cary was among several responders honored Monday. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/h...

A woman was critically injured and two other women were seriously injured after a car turned in front of another car, causing an offset head-on crash, on the border of Kildeer and Lake Zurich. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/w...

A McHenry man was arrested after prosecutors say he wrapped up two dead dogs and dumped them in a bin while also starving and mistreating four other dogs, who are now recovering. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/25/m...

An 81-year-old driver accidentally hit the gas pedal while parking their SUV, causing them to crash into the front of a hair salon at a Gurnee strip mall and injure a person inside Tuesday morning. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/24/e...

Rollover Crash (Zion) Zion PD and Zion FD on scene of a vehicle rollover crash with injuries at 23rd St and Emmaus Ave. Multiple 911 calls. All occupants appear to be out. Second ambulance requested.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children task force rescued five children from abuse and exploitation and arrested 13 suspects in 2025, officials announced. www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/24/l...