Karen Ann Cullotta

Harper Elementary School kindergartners, listen to their teacher, Mrs. Colleen Chick (middle), on Jan. 18, 2019, in Wilmette.

Only 1 in 4 Illinois kindergarten students are ready for school in key developmental areas, state assessment finds

June 27, 2019 at 1:10 p.m.

Only about a quarter of Illinois kindergarten students are ready for school in three key developmental areas, according to the results of a state assessment report released Tuesday. The 2018-19...

New Trier High School student to host fundraiser concert to benefit scoliosis foundation

June 25, 2019 at 12:52 p.m.

When a routine physical examination during the summer before Anna Katz was to start eighth grade prompted a doctor to order a spinal X-ray, the Winnetka teen was assured the...

Officials at The Josselyn Center, including president Susan Resko, are partnering with mental health experts like Dr. Hossam Mahmoud, picitured on screen, to provide local residents with affordable, comprehensive care through a tele-psychiatry service.

New Trier Township officials hope tele-psychiatry, walk-in clinic provides residents with affordable mental health services

June 25, 2019 at 11:50 a.m.

For first-time patients of Dr. Hossam Mahmoud, psychiatric appointments begin with the venerable tradition of settling into a comfortable couch in a private room. This particular couch is located at...

Patty Park, the sales and marketing manager, holds dry, pre-manicured flowers at Illinois Grown Medicine, a medical marijuana cultivation center, on Monday, May 6, 2019 in Elk Grove Village.

Recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois. Some North Shore officials are apprehensive.

June 25, 2019 at 11:09 a.m.

Some North Shore public officials say they understand why Illinois lawmakers see the legalization of marijuana as a way to generate new tax revenue for the cash-strapped state, but they...

Glencoe Beach, pictured on Saturday, June 22, 2019, hasn't attracted many big crowds this summer due to the cold weather and rain.

Cool, rainy weather is leaving beaches and golf courses empty. North Shore park districts are feeling the revenue crunch.

June 25, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

For North Shore park districts that rely on revenue from fee-paying golfers, swimmers and beach-goers, the cold, wet weather this season is adding up to a summer of discontent. Area...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez recently said that the government "has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants."

Chicago’s Jewish community split over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comparison of border detention to ‘concentration camps’

June 25, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted last week that the government "has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants," Rabbi Brant Rosen had no objection...

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Only 1 in 4 Illinois kindergarten students are ready for school in key developmental areas, state assessment finds

New Trier High School student to host fundraiser concert to benefit scoliosis foundation

New Trier Township officials hope tele-psychiatry, walk-in clinic provides residents with affordable mental health services

Recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois. Some North Shore officials are apprehensive.

Cool, rainy weather is leaving beaches and golf courses empty. North Shore park districts are feeling the revenue crunch.

Chicago’s Jewish community split over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comparison of border detention to ‘concentration camps’

Wilmette police launch community survey to better understand resident concerns

Winnetka officials approve partnership with New Trier to stem flooding in the village

Wilmette District 39 approves two-year teachers contract

Winnetka Park District asks residents for views on proposed dog park