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A person was hospitalized after being shot Thursday on the same residential block in Zion where a man was shot and killed last weekend, authorities said. The Zion Police Department and Zion Fire and Rescue Department responded around 12:25 a.m. Thursday to the 2100 block of Bethesda Boulevard for a report of a shooting. Read [...]

Prosecutors say an 18-year-old man out on bond for allegedly firing shots into an occupied home in Crystal Lake violated his bond conditions by going near the victim’s residence. Joel B. Kattner, 18, of the 600 block of Concord Drive in Crystal Lake, was charged on October 6 with aggravated discharge of a firearm, use [...]

Police are conducting interviews and working to identify a juvenile who allegedly threatened to shoot up a school dance Friday evening at Palombi Middle School in Lake Villa. Lake Villa Police Department Lt. James DeCaro told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that officers responded to Peter J. Palombi Middle School, located at 133 McKinley Avenue [...]

A man, who claimed in court he was a “son of God” and asked the judge to keep him in jail, allegedly punched a gas station employee in Beach Park and threatened to “blow people up.” Read more...

Police are actively investigating after a house in Crystal Lake was struck by numerous rounds of gunfire Saturday evening during a targeted shooting. The Crystal Lake Police Department began receiving multiple 911 calls for shots fired around 7:34 p.m. Saturday. Read more...

A Round Lake Park man has been sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a gas station in Cary and threatening to shoot the clerk, according to police and court records. Bryan J. Leider, 34, of the 200 block of Newhouse Lane in Round Lake Park, was charged earlier this year with aggravated robbery, [...]

Prosecutors say a man beat a woman until she lost consciousness in Antioch Friday morning and then allegedly tried to take an officer’s gun during the arrest. Eric Bock, 26, of Antioch, was charged with domestic battery and resisting a peace officer. Read more...

Despite the June U.S. Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which clearly affirmed the right of lawful Americans to carry a firearm for self-defense outside the home, many state and local politicians continue to try to pass more-restrictive laws on firearms carry. As this was being written, the [...]

The McHenry County Board on Tuesday voted to oppose the SAFE-T Act, which eliminates cash bail, and also voted to oppose a proposed bill that would decriminalize drug possession in Illinois. The board voted on a resolution that opposes the Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, also known as the SAFE-T Act, in favor [...]

The McHenry County state’s attorney, who is leading 60 state’s attorneys in a lawsuit challenging the SAFE-T Act, filed a motion Wednesday asking a judge to make a ruling in the case. Over five dozen state’s attorneys filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity Today (SAFE-T) Act. Read More...