Northbrook Farmers Market season closes ‘People love this thing, they...
The 17th season of the annual Northbrook Farmers Market closed on Wednesday, Oct. 8 with a busy turnout under partly sunny skies amid crisp cooler autumn temperatures in downtown Northbrook at the...
View ArticleCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveils $10.1B election year...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle publicly unveiled her $10.1 billion 2026 budget Thursday, a slight increase from last year’s proposal that also girds against potential federal cuts and a...
View ArticleHalloween events in the northern suburbs: Boos for kids — and brews for adults
Maybe you, like many, think, “why do the kids get to have all the Halloween fun?” There will be plenty of hayrides, marshmallow roasts, haunted houses and frightful scares for the younger set...
View ArticleGlenview branding campaign could focus on iconic Jackman bear symbol
Efforts are underway to create a new marketing strategy for the village of Glenview—and a familiar 108-year-old bear could be at the center of the campaign. Glenview elected officials in September...
View ArticleAfter her husband was deported, Skokie woman and 3-year-old are leaving US to...
Ann Salas laid out toys, clothes, furniture and appliances on her Skokie driveway Friday morning, selling everything in preparation for permanently leaving the United States. Some shoppers were happy...
View ArticleGlenview Library to make $1.8 million in updates, including cafe
The Glenview Public Library’s next chapter includes more study rooms, more children’s place space and a vending cafe with fresh food. Renovations on the projects recently got underway. The $1.756...
View ArticlePublic defender, legal groups ask chief judge to prohibit warrantless...
Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations are petitioning Chief Judge Timothy Evans to enter a general order prohibiting...
View ArticleAfter Evanston fires Flock, it reinstalls license-plate readers, so Evanston...
Flock Safety has reinstalled the automatic license-plate reader cameras that the City of Evanston ordered it to take down in August over privacy concerns. The north suburb responded to the cameras’...
View ArticleWinnetka restricts e-scooters, electric dirt bikes, will regulate e-bikes...
Winnetka trustees voted for new restrictions on electric scooters and some higher-speed electric vehicles, with plans to introduce a separate ordinance at a later date for electric bicycles. Riders of...
View Article‘Charlie was taken from us’: North School Park filled with people remembering...
Motorists had to park several blocks away on Sept. 14 if they arrived close to the noon start of the Sunday vigil and remembrance in Arlington Heights for Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder and...
View ArticleNorthbrook passes 1% grocery tax rather than lose $1.8 million in revenue
Northbrook has joined a long line of municipalities enacting their own 1% grocery tax when the state’s 25-year-old tax for the same amount ends Jan. 1. Officials said without creating the village’s own...
View ArticleNew eateries offer halal options in Skokie, citing a market
Burgers, broasted chicken, chicken wings, gyros, banana bread pudding, bubble tea, soft serve and refreshers are just some of the new items offered by halal restaurants that have recently opened or are...
View ArticleFederal agents arrest one in Evanston Thursday, police say
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security informed the Evanston Police Department that an arrest was made involving a “criminal matter” Thursday morning near Evanston Township High School, according to...
View ArticleNorthbrook pilot honors friend lost on 9/11 at ceremony
A flight teacher who lost his student pilot on 9/11, a couple whose careers were inspired by 9/11 and their daughter, who was born on 9/11, were among those who came to Northbrook’s Sept. 11...
View ArticleNext Cook County chief judge Charles Beach seeks to bring ‘fresh voice’
Speaking from his jury room a day after unseating Chief Judge Tim Evans in a judicial election, Judge Charles Beach told the Tribune he seeks to bring the concepts of “good governance and transparency...
View ArticleAs SNAP cuts loom, north suburban food pantries dread hunger
North suburban food pantry directors worry that spending cuts in President Donald Trump’s sweeping megabill could seriously disrupt the lives of the most marginalized from Skokie to Northbrook,...
View ArticleTim Evans out as chief judge, to be replaced by Judge Charles Beach
After 24 years leading the Cook County judiciary in a historical role as the first Black chief judge, Tim Evans has lost reelection to Judge Charles Beach after Circuit Court judges delivered a...
View ArticleBowling and restaurant chain Pinstripes files bankruptcy amid downturn in...
Pinstripes, the Northbrook-based bowling and restaurant chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid mounting debt and an inflation-driven downturn in the so-called eatertainment...
View ArticleCase referrals to Cook County restorative justice courts lag amid policy debate
Last summer, Kendall Robinson was in his car when his parking job drew the attention of south suburban police officers, according to Robinson and court records. When the officers approached, they found...
View ArticleGlencoe woman killed by Metra train had come from Brazil to marry husband
A Glencoe woman was killed Saturday morning when she was struck by a southbound Metra train, authorities said. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Daniella V. Weisman,...
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