Northbrook News

A 20-year-old Northbrook man was killed Sunday afternoon after being hit by a Seattle-bound Amtrak train in Deerfield, authorities said.

GeoNova Publishing, a mapping company in Flyway Business Park, is closing at the end of the month, idling about 20 remaining employees.

Parents of students at Northbrook/Glenview District 30's Maple School on Nov. 5 danced with the stars of Vera Schmidt's dance class -- their children.

"We love our animals and care for them very well, too. We would never do business with puppy mills," said Alex Gershbeyn, store manager of Pawsh Puppies in Northbrook Court mall.

Two Palatine men were arrested and each charged with the felony home invasion of a house in Northbrook, as well as robbery and possession of a firearm.

With a field of seven Republicans to choose from, the candidates seeking to succeed Mark Kirk in the 10th Congressional District began Sunday to set themselves apart from the pack.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 10:49 pm US/Central Reporting Jay Levine NORTHBROOK, Ill. Total chaos.

Firefighters confined fire to the garage and kitchen areas of home on Woodview Drive on far north side of Prospect Hts.

Taco Bell announced that this year's winner of its Glen Bell Award is RLC Enterprises Inc., headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, and owned by franchisees Iris Cohn and Terry Haseman.

There was little construction in Morris during October, as Bill Cheshareck, building and zoning director, issued only 11 permits.

Sunday's derailment of a freight train on the Northbrook-Glenview border could have been much worse, a senior Northbrook fire official said.

Charges have been filed against three men accused of beating a man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in one of the men's apartment.

You wouldn't expect to hear a magician talking about outer space and kids literature, but Sean Masterson has a unique way of engaging audiences of all ages.

Two women were treated and released for minor stab wounds from Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, following an Oct.

Public libraries in Northbrook and Glenview are overcharging nonresidents living in unincorporated areas of those villages for library cards and services, said the Northfield Township Assessor.

The Tri-State Tollway reopened, state police officials said, after being shut down for about an hour Tuesday morning after a construction crane knocked down a string of power lines across the major roadway near West Lake Avenue.

Traffic on the Tri-State Tollway came to a stop for about 45 minutes Tuesday morning near Northbrook after some live wires were knocked onto the road by a construction crane.

Share + Nov 2, 2009 5:19 am US/Central NORTHBROOK, Ill. The commute is getting off to a bad start for commuters in Northbrook and Glenview Monday, where train cars are overturned and in some cases, on the road from a weekend derailment.

For those of you still thinking about Halloween, we've got a deal for you! If your trick or treaters have any leftover sweets, they could make some money off of it.

Under a full autumn moon, freight car trains lay splayed and crushed early Sunday night on both sides of Shermer Road in Northbrook near the Glenview border.