Karen Ann Cullotta

With a nod to Chicago Teachers Union, Cicero educators refuse to show up at school: Staff members ‘genuinely afraid to return to unsafe buildings’

January 12, 2021 at 1:43 p.m.

Despite a request from the Cicero School District 99 superintendent and school board, the vast majority of the district's teachers refused to return to their classrooms on Monday, saying rising...

For the second year in a row, the Wilmette Public Library District was named a five-star library by Library Journal magazine in January of 2021. Pictured here is Library Director Anthony Auston, delivering materials to patrons curbside during the COVID-19 pandemic, which shuttered the library building.

Wilmette library awarded ‘five stars’ for second consecutive year

January 11, 2021 at 10:18 p.m.

For the second year in a row, the Wilmette Public Library District was named a five-star library by Library Journal magazine, officials said. The prestigious five-star rating arrives as the...

Tracy Syslo, an HR representative, is one of more than 350,000 Illinois residents whose personal identities were used in fraudulent unemployment claims in recent months.

Suburban police departments are being flooded with reports of fraudulent unemployment benefit claims: ‘It doesn’t make a lot of sense.’

January 10, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.

River Forest resident Joe Marrazzo phoned his local police department this week to file a report, but even before he had a chance to explain his problem, the dispatcher swiftly...

Men wanted for Wilmette bank robbery linked to two other heists on same day in Lombard, Naperville

January 7, 2021 at 12:08 p.m.

Two men suspected of robbing a Wilmette bank on Monday before fleeing in a lime green car are also suspects in two similar suburban Chicago bank heists the same afternoon,...

Wilmette police, FBI investigating Monday bank robbery

January 5, 2021 at 10:56 a.m.

Wilmette police are partnering with the FBI to investigate a Monday afternoon bank robbery in the village, authorities said. Police were notified around 2:45 p.m. that two individuals implied they...

Anthony Auston, director of the Wilmette Public Library, assists in curbside pickup operations.

Wilmette schools and businesses faced COVID-19 hardships, but 2020 also brings flood control project and proposed downtown development

December 29, 2020 at 4:17 p.m.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic bringing unprecedented hardships to village residents, schools and businesses, 2020 also marked the completion of a major flood control project, a peaceful protest for racial justice...

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With a nod to Chicago Teachers Union, Cicero educators refuse to show up at school: Staff members ‘genuinely afraid to return to unsafe buildings’

Wilmette library awarded ‘five stars’ for second consecutive year

Suburban police departments are being flooded with reports of fraudulent unemployment benefit claims: ‘It doesn’t make a lot of sense.’

Men wanted for Wilmette bank robbery linked to two other heists on same day in Lombard, Naperville

Wilmette police, FBI investigating Monday bank robbery

Wilmette schools and businesses faced COVID-19 hardships, but 2020 also brings flood control project and proposed downtown development

Winnetka 2020 Year in Review: COVID-19 pandemic shutters schools, businesses struggle, but village projects move forward

Spring 2021 election in Wilmette, Winnetka promises hotly contested races

Century-old Wilmette nursery partners with Chicago’s Alinea restaurants for curbside pickup

Wilmette District 39 to launch COVID-19 saliva testing program in January