A Lake County Sheriff’s Office squad car hit a large utility pole near Woodstock late Monday while transporting someone to McHenry County Jail, according to authorities.

An Antioch man is accused of reckless discharge of a firearm, told officers he shot in air because boaters came onto his pond.

A Lake County felon was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for unlawfully possessing a pistol and illicit drugs found during a traffic stop in McHenry.

A 42-year-old Fox Lake man has been charged with misdemeanor domestic battery involving a 7-year-old boy who reached out to school counselor, police said.

A Cary man is charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a pedestrian near Barrington Monday night, authorities said.

The McHenry County Coroner identified a Fox Lake man who had died after being pulled from his condominium that caught fire early Monday morning.

A Fox Lake man died after his condominium caught fire early Monday morning.

A 17-year-old boy was killed when he crashed a car into a tree Monday morning in Deer Park, authorities said.

Two Fox Lake residents are charged with child abuse after an 11-year-old child was found with visible wounds and wearing only underwear Friday morning, officials report.