Highwood News

The information below comes from the Cities of Highwood and Highland Park. The Highwood and Highland Park police are investigating four incidents in the past two weeks where students reported that they were approached by adults asking them if they wanted a ride.

Parents in the northern suburbs have been warned about five recent attempts to abduct children.

Descriptions of the suspects differ, but police have released a sketch of the man wanted in connection with Wednesday's incident.

Did you know the Sequester, which forced spending cuts on the Federal government earlier this year is taking money out of schools in Highland Park, Glenview and Deerfield? Schools in these communities receive approximately $140,000 a year to cover the cost of educating children of military parents.

"There are stories behind everything I do in life," insists Chuck Knesley. The rugged former Knollwood Fire Department chief hails from a long lineage of firemen.

This musician's dedication is playing off in a big way. Clarinetist Torin Bakke will have the opportunity to perform a solo in a Chicago Symphony Orchestra education concert as a reward for placing first in the 2013 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra youth auditions.

It is time to consider eliminating townships The Governmental Accounting Standards Board specifies what state and local government s put in their annual financial reports and how they account for the same.

The investigation into the death of Highland Park resident and Highwood restaurant owner Giacomo Ruggirello in a suspicious house fire last September continues to uncover more information and spark unconfirmed rumors of possible mob ties.

Highwood Police Chief David Wentz added Wednesday that a third report made by a resident on April 30 is likely a case of mistaken circumstances, not a related abduction attempt.

Two third grade students at Oak Terrace School in Highwood safely ran from a stranger offering them a ride home from school in two separate incidents last week, according to a report from the Highwood Police Department .

Police in north suburban Highwood are warning the community of a possible abduction attempt after an eight-year-old boy was approached outside outside his school earlier this week, Pioneer Press is reporting.

DUI Julie Olnas, 24, of Lake Bluff was arrested Friday for driving under the influence of alcohol, disobeying a traffic control device and driving with one headlight, according to Bannockburn Police reports .