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Metra train delayed by police activity in Winnetka, switch problems

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Winnetka Metra commuters heading to Chicago faced delays Friday morning after police removed a passenger making threatening comments, officials said. A man who was reported to be disturbed, and who...

8 New Trier students are candidates for U.S. Presidential Scholars program

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Described as passionate young leaders with tireless work ethics, eight New Trier High School seniors were recently named candidates for the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars program. “These are top, top,...

Miguel Mederos, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, teaches a water safety class at the McGaw YMCA in Evanston on Feb. 6, 2019.

Postponed by federal shutdown, U.S. Coast Guard in Wilmette leads water safety class for kids

May 10, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

When the recent federal government shutdown forced the U.S. Coast Guard in Wilmette to call off their youth water safety training classes last month, hundreds of local second-graders were disheartened....

Students board school buses at the end of the day at Avoca West Elementary School on Feb. 4, 2019.

North Shore residents want to change boundary lines, sending their kids — and $1 million in taxes — to Winnetka schools

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

After Gretchen Rakowicz paid nearly $1.3 million for a five-bedroom home in southeast Winnetka last year, she assumed her kindergarten-aged son would attend nearby Greeley Elementary School, less than a...

By the numbers: Winnetka students in Avoca District 37

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

For roughly a dozen Winnetka residents determined to change their neighborhood’s school district boundaries, the debate comes down to numbers — some big, some small, and all of which add...

The Winnetka station on the Union Pacific North Line will no longer have a ticket office as of Feb. 22.

Metra to shutter Winnetka station ticket office

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

The village of Winnetka commuter train station ticket office will be shuttered later this month, with Metra officials citing declining on-site sales as prompting the closure. The Winnetka station on...

Kim Hauber, the widow of 51-year-old Buffalo Grove firefighter Kevin Hauber, smiles as she speaks with her attorney Thomas Duda following a favorable ruling by Judge Diane Winter upholding the pension board's decision to award her family full line-of-duty benefits, at the Lake County courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.

Lake County judge upholds full pension granted to family of Buffalo Grove firefighter who died from cancer

May 14, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

A Lake County judge ruled Tuesday that the family of a 51-year-old Buffalo Grove firefighter who died of colon cancer last year should receive a full pension benefit, upholding an...

New Trier Township residents thaw out after deep freeze results in water main breaks

May 10, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

As residents in New Trier Township thawed out from last week’s deep freeze, local officials said recovery efforts mainly focused on repairing several water main breaks. While the sub-zero temperatures...

Oscar Carlson, a junior at New Trier, plays a Les Paul guitar during a student jam session hosted by Midwest Young Artists Conservatory at the New Trier Jazz Festival Feb. 2, 2019.

New Trier Jazz Festival brings together more than 1,000 young musicians

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Embracing the joy of the jam session, without the stress of competition, more than 1,000 young musicians gathered at the 36th annual New Trier Jazz Festival on Feb. 2. “Playing...

New Trier officials concerned about large extracurricular racial disparities

May 10, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Troubled by low participation rates among black, Hispanic and multi-racial students at New Trier High School, officials said they plan to investigate what might be preventing this group of teens...

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