Winnetka News

Charlotte Ross, right, who grew up in Glencoe and Winnetka, poses with her fellow stars on the new VH1 series "Hit the Floor." Charlotte Ross, an alumna of New Trier High School, poses with "Hit the Floor" co-star Kimberly Elise.

May 20, 1988 is the day that many North Shore residents say their faith in the safety of their children's school was damaged.

Cannabis Activity John A. Wirt, 20, of Winnetka and Ryan Elias, 19, of Northbrook were cited for possession of cannabis on May 13 on the 700 block of Lincoln Ave., Winnetka Police reports state.

Katie Chang, a New Trier High School senior, plays a party girl in Sofia Coppola's latest movie The Bling Ring , which opens next month , Chicago Tribune reported.

Winnetka residents could have an average annual stormwater utility fee of about $360-among the highest of such fees in the country- if Winnetka council members approve a $41 million stormwater management plan at its meeting next week , Chicago Tribune reported.

Theft Under $500 A resident on the 700 block of Apple Tree Ln. reported that three potted plants were taken from his from his front porch, Glencoe Public Safety reports state.

It seems hard to believe that there was a time when the term "school shooting" hadn't entered our vernacular.

Monday marks the 25th anniversary of a shooting rampage at a school in Winnetka.

Then a 20-year-old college student, he was taken hostage on May 20, 1988 by Dann after she went on a rampage in the North Shore, killing a boy and wounding others.

ARKive - a U.K. based charity that aims to create a photographic and video record of life on Earth - has come a long way since its launch in 2003, in part thanks to dedicated volunteers like Winnetka resident Cindy Galvin.

Winnetka Zoning Board of Appeals voted in favor of allowing New Trier High School to put up a 50-foot netting system around a baseball backstop at the northwest corner of Hibbard and Willow roads, Chicago Tribune reported.

The child of wayward parents, Eunice is a bright, often headstrong girl who makes few friends her own age as she grows up in the small-town environs of the upper Midwest in the 1950s.

Shopping in downtown Winnetka just got a little sexier, thanks to the recently opened Romantika Lingerie Boutique .

A look at income levels in suburban towns with Metra stops provides a glimpse at the disparity in wealth throughout the area, according to a map by Crain's Chicago Business Journal.

Winnetka's Lloyd Park boat ramp will open this summer thanks to April's storm, which has helped lake levels rise to the point where the base of the ramp now has four feet of water, more than the three feet of water required to open the ramp , Chicago Tribune reported.

Skokie-Morton Grove District 69 is scheduled to finalize the appointment of the new principal of Madison School at its May 21 meeting.

Steven Harper, adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law, argues that that law profession is in need of reform.

The Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on May 15 for the new All Nature's Way in Winnetka, located at 560 Green Bay Rd.

"Well, we're thinking about our children and other people's children," she said, with a smile.

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