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training newsThe Antioch Community High School is on lockdown as officers respond to a report of an “active threat” Friday afternoon, officials said. The Antioch Police Department responded around 1:30 p.m. Friday to the Antioch Community High School, 1133 Main Street in Antioch. Police received a report of an “active threat” at the high school, [...]

Two victims were hospitalized with serious injuries after being attacked and robbed at gunpoint following a party at a residence near Round Lake Sunday morning, police said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a report of a robbery in the 24500 block of West Forest Avenue in unincorporated Round Lake. [...]

Schools are on soft lockdown Monday as police continue their manhunt search for a suspect who is considered armed and dangerous after crashing a car in Grayslake Sunday evening. The incident began in Grayslake around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Read more...

A stolen vehicle fled from police at a high rate of speed and crashed into another vehicle after driving through a red light in Round Lake Beach Saturday evening, authorities said. A Round Lake Beach police officer spotted a 2020 Kia Forte driving without its headlights around 10:54 p.m. Saturday. Read more...

Police have released surveillance video showing multiple suspects trying to enter vehicles in a neighborhood in Antioch before fleeing the area Tuesday evening. The Antioch Police Department said that multiple suspects were captured on video attempting to enter unlocked vehicles in the Clublands subdivision. “As you can see in the video these would-be thieves can [...]

Police have arrested a man who was wanted for fleeing from police in Grayslake — spurring a manhunt — and then allegedly stealing a car and committing multiple armed robberies. Eric J. Gatlin, 43, whose last known address was in Elgin, was being sought by police following multiple incidents in Lake County and Cook County, [...]

A Lake in the Hills man has been indicted for allegedly shooting two people in Kane County while they were driving home from work in Huntley, leaving one of the victims dead. Dru K. Jarvis, 23, of the 1300 block of Cunat Court in Lake in the Hills, was charged with two counts of first-degree [...]

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has issued an alert to residents warning that ruse burglaries, where offenders distract homeowners and other suspects enter their homes to steal, have increased recently. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said the increase has been seen throughout Northeastern Illinois, not just Lake County, in the last several [...]

A juvenile suspect stole a running car, which had two young children in it, and then later abandoned the kids before crashing the stolen car into a police car in Zion Sunday evening. The Zion Police Department responded around 9 p.m. Sunday to a call of a vehicle theft at Murphy USA gas station, 4010 [...]

Police say two juvenile boys are expected to survive after they were shot on a residential street in Waukegan and transported to the hospital Monday evening. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 6:45 p.m. Monday to the 100 block of South Butrick Street for a report of a shooting. A single [...]