Winnetka News

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.

Make some cash by combining your spring cleaning with a successful garage or tag sale with these tips from garage sale experts.

What is now the vibrant shopping center of Plaza del Lago was once a 22-acre unincorporated plot of land marked by lawlessness and unwanted by the neighboring towns of Wilmette, Kenilworth , Evanston and Winnetka .

Outstanding Warrant Marc A. Moffett, 48, of Chicago was arrested for an in-state warrant out of Chicago Heights on May 1, Winnetka Police reports state.

Arrests: DUI, Battery, Assault Jay Michael Courage, 60, of the 800 block of Green Bay Road in Winnetka, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence at 1:35 a.m. Saturday, May 4, in the 2200 block of Green Bay Road in Evanston, according to police.

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

It finally feels like spring, so it won't be hard to imagine being in England's green and pleasant land Sunday when the Evanston Symphony Orchestra presents "Music from the English Countryside." Cellist Wendy Warner will play Edgar Elgar's glorious Cello Concerto, a work closely association with the late cellist Jacqueline du Pre.

The majority of states may be experiencing a drop in gas prices, but not Illinois and other parts of the Midwest, according to AAA.