McHenry County, Illinois News | Lake and McHenry County Scanner (2024)

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A Virginia man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after prosecutors say he possessed child p*rnography that he enticed children in McHenry County to send him. Ali Vann, 30, of Norfolk, Virginia, was charged in February 2023 with 24 counts of child p*rnography. The charges range from Class X to Class 1 felonies. […]

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A new Advocate Health Care Outpatient Center, featuring primary care, physical therapy, a pharmacy and more, has opened along Route 120 in Lakemoor. Advocate Health Care said on Monday that Advocate Outpatient Center, 27655 Route 120 in Lakemoor, is now open. The newfacility offers primary care, integrative medicine, physical therapy, x-ray, ultrasound and a retail […]

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A man and woman, allegedly part of a large drug organization in Mexico, were caught in Marengo Wednesday evening smuggling 120,000 fentanyl pills marked as oxycodone, the sheriff’s office said. Gloria Gastelum, 54, and German Vargas, 33 – both from the same residence in Tuscon, Arizona – were charged with manufacturing and delivering 900 grams […]

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A 31-year-old man has died in the hospital after bystanders rescued him from Woods Creek Lake where he was swimming with a friend in Lake in the Hills Saturday evening. The Lake in the Hills Police Department and Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded around 5 p.m. Saturday to Woods Creek Lake, 147 […]

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A medical helicopter rushed a man to the hospital after he fell 30 feet from a tree he was working on in Algonquin Wednesday afternoon. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District responded around 2:10 p.m. Wednesday to the 200 block of Souwanas Trail in Algonquin for a report of a person who fell. […]

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A Chicago man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after he was found with crack cocaine hidden in his underwear during a traffic stop in McHenry County. Terry Pugh, 34, of Chicago, pleaded guilty earlier this week to unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a Class X felony. He […]

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The community is collecting clothes and money for a family who lost everything after one of their dogs started their house on fire, killing both of their dogs, near Spring Grove. The Fox Lake Fire Protection District responded around 5:15 p.m. Sunday to the 28500 block of West Kendall Avenue in unincorporated Spring Grove. The […]

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A 7-year-old boy is breathing on his own again and no longer in a medically induced coma after he was critically injured in a crash involving his dirt bike and an SUV near McHenry. The McHenry Township Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday to the 5200 block of […]

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A lawsuit has been filed alleging negligence against a homeowner and construction company after a 4-year-old Johnsburg boy drowned in a home pool near Richmond. The incident happened around 7:40 p.m. on August 6, 2022, in the 10000 block of Keystone Road in unincorporated Richmond. Richmond Township Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Scott Peterson said […]