The Grayslake Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Arts Festival and Wine Tasting on Saturday, June 8.
There will be a variety of vendors featured on Whitney Street, behind the Grayslake Vil.
Arlington Heights trustees implement new rules to fine or shut down "nuisance" hotels or motels. Arlington Heights trustees and commuters rail against Metra officials for cutting express trains. Aurora, South Elgin cancel July 4 parades for alternatives. Famed Wheaton College coach J.R. Bishop is mourned.
Authorities said that between 2013 and 2019, Christian-Smith wrote checks from the chamber’s bank account to herself, which she then deposited into her personal bank account.
A former executive director of the Grayslake Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry was indicted Wednesday on federal fraud charges for allegedly misappropriating at least $300,000 from the organization. According to the U.S. District indictment, Karen Christian-Smith is alleged to have issued checks from chamber bank accounts to herself and deposited them into personal accounts between 2013 to 2019.