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Memory care residents create care packages through Seniors Serving Seniors program, seek item donations

October 30, 2020 at 5:02 p.m.

A group of memory care residents in Glenview is preparing care packages for local seniors in need and is seeking donation items from the community. Residents at Emerald Place, an...

Glenview fire crews worked with neighboring fire departments to put out an early morning structure fire near the 2200 block of Sanders Road on Oct. 30, 2020.

Fire crews put out early morning fire in abandoned Glenview house

October 30, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

Authorities are investigating the cause of an early morning fire in a vacant Glenview house, fire officials said in a news release Friday. The Glenview Fire Department responded to a...

Voters line up outside Park Ridge City Hall on the first day of expanded early voting in suburban Cook County on Oct. 19.

Early voting turnout up in Elmwood Park, but lower in Oak Park, than in 2016

October 27, 2020 at 6:55 p.m.

The 2020 general election is just days away, and voters have been encouraged for the last month or so to make a plan to cast their ballots, whether through the...

Dozens of people vote inside of Village Hall on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Arlington Heights in suburban Cook County.

Some north suburban early voting sites see a bump compared to 2016, others a decrease as mail-in ballot requests surge

October 27, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

The 2020 general election is just days away, and voters have been encouraged for the last month or so to make a plan to cast their ballots, whether through the...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participates in the final presidential debate against U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 22, 2020 in Nashville.

In a political climate often filled with personal attacks and vitriol, high school civics teachers see hope in younger generation

October 28, 2020 at 8:04 a.m.

Glenbrook South High School civics teacher Tara Tate immediately kicked off the school year by focusing on how to have civil political conversations. The election was still a couple months...

Federal troops walk from a C-130 Hercules after landing at the Glenview Naval Air Station, circa Aug. 25, 1968.

After years of discussions, Glenview Park Board narrowly votes against plan for new Naval Air Station museum

October 27, 2020 at 6:33 a.m.

The Glenview Park Board narrowly rejected last week an agreement to build a new Naval Air Station museum in Gallery Park to preserve the site's history. The Naval Station Glenview...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

‘Blindsided and heartbroken.’ Mood of restaurant, bar owners dismal as COVID restrictions are back in suburban Cook

October 27, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

Suburban Cook County will soon join other communities living under stricter measures intended to slow the latest COVID-19 surge, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday, much to the dismay of bar...

Northbrook officials were notified Oct. 19, 2020, that former Northbrook Police Chief Charles Wernick has died. Wernick retired in 2017.

Friends, Northbrook officials mourn the death of Chuck Wernick, retired police chief

October 27, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

Friends and colleagues of Charles "Chuck" Wernick are mourning the death of the former Northbrook police chief. Wernick, 74, died Oct. 19, according to Mark Zide, a friend of his...

Northbrook District 27 Superintendent David Kroeze, right, sits next to fellow administrator Katherine Olson at Board of Education meeting. Kroeze will retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.

Longtime Northbrook District 27 superintendent announces retirement

October 23, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

Northbrook School District 27 Superintendent David Kroeze announced that he will retire at the end of the 2020-21 school year, according to a Friday news release from the district. Kroeze...

‘Let It Shine’ drive-thru light show to launch at Northbrook Court in November

October 22, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.

A new drive-thru light show will launch in Northbrook this holiday season, presenting an option to those looking for safe, socially distanced festivities. The "Let It Shine" light show will...

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