The U.​S. Department of Justice won't say whether it is sending federal election monitors to Lake and McHenry counties for next… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/27/doj-declines-to-say-whether-federal-election-monitors-are-coming-to-lake-and-mchenry-counties/ via @LMCScanner

The sheriff’s office said in an update that alcohol and speed are believed to be… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/26/alcohol-speed-suspected-after-teen-left-critically-injured-when-his-car-crossed-center-line-struck-2nd-car-and-rolled-over-near-harvard/ via @LMCScanner

Residents of 16 units were displaced and three people were injured, including two firefighters, after a fire broke out at… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/25/residents-of-16-units-displaced-3-injured-after-fire-tears-through-apartment-building-in-deerfield/ via @LMCScanner

A woman is charged with stealing nearly $200,000 from her employer in Crystal Lake over two years and creating… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/24/employee-accused-of-stealing-nearly-200k-from-crystal-lake-company-faking-vendor-receipts-to-hide-transfers/ via @LMCScanner

A former Waukegan alderman will not serve jail time after pleading guilty to falsifying liquor and… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/23/former-waukegan-alderman-avoids-jail-after-pleading-guilty-to-falsifying-license-applications-for-his-restaurant-business/ via @LMCScanner

Police and fire crews safely removed a suspicious letter from Congressman Brad Schneider’s district office in… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/22/congressman-brad-schneiders-office-in-lincolnshire-receives-2nd-suspicious-letter-in-less-than-a-week/ via @LMCScanner

Police say a man in camouflage was legally bowhunting and no gun was involved after a mother said the man ran at her… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/21/police-track-down-man-in-camouflage-say-he-was-bowhunting-after-boy-reported-man-with-gun-in-lake-villa/ via @LMCScanner

A 67-year-old man was ejected and died and a woman was left trapped in her car after his minivan collided… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/20/driver-dies-after-being-ejected-woman-trapped-after-minivan-turning-onto-green-bay-road-collides-with-sedan-in-zion/ via @LMCScanner

Five adults, including two females and three males, were discovered dead after being shot in a home in Mundelein late Sunday evening, police said. The… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/19/5-adults-found-dead-from-gunshot-wounds-in-residence-in-mundelein/ via @LMCScanner

A man who had been told to leave a Waukegan grocery store allegedly came back, threatened the… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/18/man-allegedly-threatens-owners-and-robs-register-at-waukegan-grocery-store-tells-judge-he-wants-to-be-deported-to-venezuela/ via @LMCScanner

Route 14 was shut down after a truck hauling lumber rolled onto its side and a roll-off dumpster truck went… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/16/route-14-shut-down-after-2-trucks-crash-at-the-same-time-on-slick-new-pavement-1-rolls-onto-its-side-in-woodstock/ via @LMCScanner

A 24-year-old woman whose boyfriend returned home from Chicago without her is no longer considered missing… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/15/search-ends-for-24-year-old-woman-who-went-missing-in-chicago-after-she-speaks-with-her-fox-river-grove-mother/ via @LMCScanner

A Waukegan mother and high school employee told a witness she was “drunk as f—” before… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/14/school-employee-allegedly-told-bystander-she-was-drunk-as-f-before-officers-arrested-her-for-dui-with-3-kids-in-car-in-waukegan/ via @LMCScanner

The company that runs Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan has brought back a former CEO after… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/13/former-ceo-returns-to-lead-vista-medical-center-in-waukegan-after-5th-ceo-in-3-years-leaves-dialysis-company-pauses-services/ via @LMCScanner

The Illinois attorney general has sued the owners of a McHenry home, accusing them of illegally turning away a… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/12/state-sues-mchenry-landlords-who-rejected-former-huntley-little-league-treasurer-over-his-theft-fraud-arrest/ via @LMCScanner

A felon on parole admitted to cooking cocaine into crack and selling it in $10 bags after police staking… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/11/parolee-charged-after-admitting-to-police-to-buying-cocaine-cooking-it-into-crack-and-selling-10-bags-in-waukegan/ via @LMCScanner

A convicted felon has been charged after prosecutors say he rode a bicycle up to a man, said “I’ll kill you,” and shot him… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/10/ill-kill-you-felon-charged-after-allegedly-riding-up-on-bicycle-shooting-man-in-chest-in-waukegan/ via @LMCScanner

More than 50,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos were linked to a 42-year-old Antioch… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/09/antioch-man-linked-to-over-50000-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-images-and-videos-arrested-following-search-of-home/ via @LMCScanner

Firefighters rescued a worker stranded 80 feet in the air in an aerial lift next to a water tower in Huntley, which… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/08/firefighters-rescue-worker-stranded-in-aerial-lift-80-feet-in-air-next-to-water-tower-in-huntley/ via @LMCScanner

A Round Lake Park father and grandfather was found dead in his car outside a Vernon Hills office building he had… www.​lakemchenryscanner.​com/2026/10/07/we-are-all-heartbroken-father-grandfather-found-dead-in-car-outside-office-he-was-cleaning-in-vernon-hills/ via @LMCScanner