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A man was arrested after he allegedly hit a child with a rock-filled sock and then slammed the boy’s head into another child’s head in Fox River Grove. Dennis G. Carol, 45, of Fox River Grove, was charged with four counts of domestic battery, a Class 4 felony, and two counts of child endangerment, a [...]

Authorities have issued a warning to the public about an increase in opioid overdoses in Lake County in the past two weeks. The Lake County Health Department said there have been 14 opioid overdoses among Lake County residents that required a hospital visit from February 24 to March 1. Read more...

Sheriff’s officials say victims were uncooperative with investigators after gunmen fired shots at their home in Beach Park Tuesday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 38000 block of North Manor Avenue in Beach Park for a report of shots fired. Read more...

Prosecutors say two kilograms of fentanyl, worth $200,000, found during a traffic stop in Cary last month is one of the largest fentanyl busts in McHenry County history. Patricio Rosales-Diaz, 43, of Palatine, and Joaquin R. Montano-Martinez, 28, of Mexico, were both charged with manufacturing or delivering fentanyl over 900 grams, a Class X felony, [...]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — DNA and genetic testing have led to the arrest of an Illinois man in the 23-year-old strangling death of a woman in southeastern Wisconsin, police said Wednesday. Lucas Alonso, 66, of Zion, Illinois, was detained in Racine on Monday and charged with first-degree homicide in the slaying of 37-year-old Linda Fields, [...]

The Washington Examiner reported new information Tuesday from a Gun Owners of America (GOA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request showing the FBI “coordinated secretly with hospitals and medical centers to strip U.S. citizens of their rights to own, buy, or even use firearms.” This news comes just months after a GOA FOIA revealed information about a [...]

David Hogg, co-founder of the March for Our Lives gun-control group, recently tweeted what he thinks the Second Amendment means. “After reading about the history of the second amend and talking with a lot of hist & law professors- I believe the second amendment has been intentionally misinterpreted. It was never meant as an individual [...]

Minnesota Vikings football player K.J. Osborn helped rescue a man whose life was in extreme danger Sunday in Austin, Texas. He and three others jumped into action when the man’s car caught fire after a wreck, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Read more...

A 19-year-old man, who is a convicted felon, was arrested after police found him allegedly possessing several guns and ammunition during a search warrant in Waukegan. Carlos E. Melgoza-Lopez, 19, of Waukegan, was charged with three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of a defaced [...]

A team of up to 10 suspects robbed and kidnapped three victims at gunpoint in Cook County before restraining, beating and torturing them at a Woodstock home. The incident occurred on the evening of February 10 at 622 East Northwest Highway in Des Plaines. Read more...