The Waukegan City Council will consider a proposed traffic calming ordinance for the city's collector, arterial, and local streets to reduce the speed and amount of traffic in residential neighborhoods. The policy will be discussed at the July 15 council meeting.
The only price of midgrade gas in cities throughout Lake County was found at a single gas station in the week ending July 6, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com.
A Virginia woman was arrested and charged with arson following a fire in the men's bathroom at Woodman's grocery store in Buffalo Grove on July 10. Buffalo Grove Police were dispatched to the scene at approximately 10:37 a.m.
There were 58 students suspended in Mundelein Elementary School District 75 in a single school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were 326 students suspended in Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 in a single school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Lake County State's Attorney candidate Mary Cole stated that the families, victims, and survivors of the Highland Park shooting who had gathered at the Lake County Courthouse were not given closure. "Rather than getting a step forward in that healing process, Robert Crimo III revictimized and traumatized them once again," she said in a June 27 Facebook post.
There were 28 students suspended in Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24 in a single school year according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
The only price of E15 gas in cities throughout Lake County was found at a single gas station in the week ending July 6, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.com.
Lake County State's Attorney candidate Mary Cole addressed the pro-Palestine protests that took place in Congressman Brad Schneider's neighborhood in the early hours of June 29. "I stand firmly against antisemitism and any acts of hate-filled intimidation," Cole stated in a Facebook post on June 29.
Disabled veterans will not have to pay building permit fees starting next year after Senate Bill 2751 was signed into law. About the signing, Sen. Dan McConchie said, "Prior to this law, disabled veterans had to pay local permit fees on top of their renovation costs." He made this statement in a July 3 Facebook post.