Grayslake Patch

01/15/2025

Prosecutors allege that he accepted gifts, including sports tickets and free meals, to lower property tax assessments for commercial properties.

Frankie Perez, the chief commercial hearings officer under ex-Assessor Joe Berrios, is charged with taking bribes to reduce property taxes.

01/15/2025

In light of today's news:

Certain candies, assorted baked goods and snacks, dairy and frozen dessert products, cough syrups and supplements contain Red Dye 3.

01/15/2025

What do you think about this? The FDA said it is revoking the use of the dye as a “matter of law,” and not because there is evidence it is a human carcinogenic. However, some studies have found that the dye caused cancer in lab rats.

Red 3 is banned for food use in Europe, Australia and New Zealand except in certain kinds of cherries.

01/15/2025

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01/15/2025

According to the CDC, emergency level visits for flu, RSV and COVID-19 are on the rise. Flu has seen the greatest rise, going from 0.2 percent of emergency room visits at the end of November to 6 percent in January.

Health experts are warning that there's a "high" level of acute respiratory illness in Illinois.

01/15/2025

The incident happened a day before a video of police pulling a coyote out of a cooler at an Aldi store went viral.

The aircraft returned to O'Hare and another plane took travelers to their destination, according to United.

01/15/2025

Multiple Illinois companies made the "most trusted" list in their respective categories.

To compile its list of most trusted companies, Newsweek partnered with Statista to survey approximately 25,000 consumers.

01/15/2025

Vitalant is holding two upcoming blood drivers in Buffalo Grove and Deerfield.

01/15/2025

“Jasmine was a beautiful soul — kind, loving, and selfless — always putting others before herself,” her family said in a GoFundMe. The man held in her death has previous convictions for aggravated battery via discharge of a gun and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

Officers found the 31-year-old woman unconscious on the floor of the apartment with significant facial injuries, police said.

01/15/2025

Police said the investigation required immediate attention due to a belief the child could possibly be in danger of s*x trafficking.

01/14/2025

The proposed Costco location now moves on to the city council for approval.

The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to approve plans for Costco to build a new warehouse and gas station in Yorkville.

01/14/2025

Witnesses told police that three unknown males were abusing the coyote.

The animal was later found dead on private property and removed.

01/14/2025

Illinois residents can see if they're one of the nearly one million taxpayers eligible to receive a COVID stimulus payment from the IRS.

01/14/2025

The video shows two officers armed with a shopping cart and long-handled cleaning tools attempting to wrangle the coyote in the store.

01/14/2025

The Wisconsin woman was arrested in Antioch, according to police.

01/14/2025

Authorities on social media referred to carbon monoxide as "the silent killer."

01/14/2025

Here is a roundup of top stories from recent days in the northern Chicago suburbs.