Grayslake News

Christine Nyholm Thanksgiving weekend traditionally kicks off the holiday celebrations, with Black Friday shopping and community Christmas Tree lighting ceremonies.

A raised median included in plans for the long-awaited widening of Route 45 in central Lake County is raising concerns among more than two dozen business owners in Grayslake and Wildwood.

A collection of small business owners on Route 45 in Grayslake is keeping the heat on state transportation officials regarding a project they say is needed but not designed properly.

Kidnapped from the streets! Well, that's how I felt. I wasn't quite sure what was going on.

Grass-roots opposition to burning trash as an alternative to landfills is gathering steam, as concerned residents work to get thousands of signatures to present to the Lake County Board.

Holiday season in the village kicks off with the lighting of the trees in the downtown at 5:30 p.m. Nov.

While many suburbs host farmers market in the summer and early fall, only a handful operate such markets in the winter.

The College of Lake County's new audio-guided art tour kicks off with a special multi-media piece that was created from a $150,000 state grant.

That's why about 300 hundred students from 10 area high schools attended the first Latino Leadership Conference last week at the College of Lake County's Grayslake campus in heels, ties, and business suits.

Share + Nov 12, 2009 5:30 am US/Central WAUKEGAN, Ill. A man hired to protect high school students in the far north suburbs is now in jail, charged with having child pornography on his cell phone and computer.

Grayslake police say recently developed information led them to seize a man accused of molesting a girl from 2001 to 2003.

Accusations by authorities that a private security guard solicited lewd photographs from a female student have led to the loss of his job at Grayslake North High School.

Through Holy Spokes, volunteers transform donated, used bikes into shiny, almost as-good-as-new bikes for children in need.

Grayslake Elementary District 46 is sending a team of employees to a consultant's warm-weather convention in early December for the third consecutive year, this time with Walt Disney World in Orlando as the destination.

Filing for the Feb. 2 Primary Election ended Monday. Candidates have filed to seek their political party's nomination for the 31st Senate District, 61st and 62nd Representative districts and Lake County Board District 7. COUNTY Lake County Board member Steve Carlson, R-7th, of Gurnee, filed for re-election to a third term, while David S. Weinstein, ...

Lake County Board Chairman Suzi Schmidt called on Gov. Pat Quinn and the Illinois Department of Transportation to move forward with a proposed Illinois Route 120 bypass and the proposed extension of Route 53 into Lake County.

Those needing emergency-room treatment for non-traumatic medical problems in the Grayslake area won't have to travel as far anymore.

Art Jack Benny Center for the Arts: Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan.

The tall and lanky Frankenstein outside the coffee shop in Grayslake had some kids in awe, while others simply looked at him and cried.

Grayslake North High School senior and trumpet player Jon Rarick has taken his act on the road ... or at least up the street.