2014 in review: Highland Park and Deerfield
The past year was marked by both controversy and considerable change in Highland Park and Deerfield. Whether it was protesting the departure of a popular high school principal or opposing...
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Park district to run Highland Park’s city-owned golf course
The Park District of Highland Park is expected to lease the city-owned Highland Park Country Club next year, after park district and city could not agree on how to terminate...
Highland Park task force grapples with boat launch issues
The fate of Highland Park's only boat launch remains unclear as a park district task force continues to wrestle with issues of access and security. The Park Avenue boat launch,...
North Chicago suburbs lack affordable housing near Metra
For Chicago's northern suburbs on the Metra lines, the idea of encouraging development near public transit is nothing new. But there are few options to be found for low- and...
Man killed at hospital was drunk, belligerent at crash scene, police say
New documents and video released about the fatal shooting of a man by police at NorthShore Highland Park Hospital show the night's conclusion was presaged by the man's apparent defiance...
Highland Park fire chief moving on after nearly three decades
After nearly three decades with the Highland Park Fire Department, former Fire Chief Pat Tanner said he sees the town a little differently than most do. "The funny thing is...
In Evanston, a guinea fowl brings a Thanksgiving message
Snow fell on Brummel Street in Evanston this week and all was quiet. Too quiet for some. No longer does a semiwild guinea fowl sound its barbaric yawp from a...
Dispatcher in hospital shooting calls for backup in newly released audio
A police dispatcher is heard calmly calling for backup after learning of shots fired at NorthShore Highland Park Hospital in a recording of police radio traffic during the Nov. 3...
North Shore District 112 aims for April vote on $150M borrowing plan
North Shore District 112 is moving toward a $150 million borrowing plan in April that would mostly fund its school consolidation plan, officials said Thursday night, but there's still much...
Surveillance video shows hospital shooting as it unfolds
Medical staff members flee from the hospital room, apparently fearing for their lives, in harrowing, newly released video footage of the Nov. 3 police shooting of a Waukegan man at...