Jake Griffin

1 day ago | dailyherald.com | Jake Griffin

A 32-year-old Round Lake Park woman is facing felony drug charges after a traffic stop in Fox Lake Monday. Fox Lake police officials said officers pulled over a vehicle driven by Candice M. Wedge just after 10:45 p.m. near the intersection of Cambridge Parkway and Route 134. Authorities said Wedge was acting nervous and was deceptive when answering routine questions during the stop. A police dog was called out to perform an open air sniff search on Wedge’s vehicle and signaled drug were present.

1 day ago | dailyherald.com | Jake Griffin

Two units of a six-unit townhouse complex in Volo were left uninhabitable after a fire Monday night. The fire was reported at about 7:30 p.m. on the 1100 block of Piccolo Lane. Wauconda Fire District officials said the blaze began on an outside deck of one of the middle units and spread into the attic space of multiple units. No injuries were reported. Firefighters successfully rescued multiple pets from the units as well.

2 days ago | dailyherald.com | Jake Griffin

Posted May 12, 2025 7:54 am Wheeling police are searching for a woman wanted for possibly giving at least four children candy authorities believe was laced with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

4 days ago | dailyherald.com | Jake Griffin

Advocate Sherman Hospital emergency room nurse Ashley Huizar is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of a woman whose heart stopped beating after a crash she happened upon on her way to a work conference in Iowa. Courtesy of Advocate Health Care By all accounts, Ashley Huizar and the four other Advocate Sherman Hospital nurses shouldn’t even have been on the route they were taking to a work conference in Iowa last month.

5 days ago | dailyherald.com | Jake Griffin

Three Chicago men are in custody and charged with felonies in connection with a targeted hijacking of a box truck loaded with electronics in Long Grove Wednesday afternoon. According to the Lake County sheriff’s office, a 36-year-old Plainfield man was driving the box truck near Route 53 and Long Grove Road at about 1 p.m. when it was rear-ended by a U-Haul truck in the northbound lanes of Route 53.