Northbrook News

State Rep. Elaine Nekritz has proved twice again that she's one politician who's not afraid of doing the flip-flop. The Northbrook Democrat was a competitive gymnast when she was a girl, and she still knows how to turn a mean cartwheel.

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office's investigation into the escape of two dogs from squad cars last month is drawing national attention from the K-9 law enforcement community.

Northfield Township High School District 225 will contest a recent state appellate decision that the district's newsletters concerning the successful 2006 referendum are "electioneering communications" and seemingly subject to state election laws.

Fourteen-year-old Joshua Kim didn't know that polio was still a health threat in parts of the world until he read a magazine article about it in February.

Glenbrook North shooting guard Alex Dragicevich has watched his stock rise this summer as he's getting increasing attention from several high profile basketball programs around the country.

Metra commuter train conductor speaking to the locomotive engineer via two way radio.

Plunkett Furniture in Northbrook will close between Aug. 10 and 24, joining other furniture stores sunk by a stagnant housing market.

A wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the death in 1999 of a Northbrook fire investigator has been settled for a total of $8.5 million.

Joshua Kim, 14, and Anna Zanotti, 10, are praised during the third plenary session on 23 June for their efforts to help RotaryA eradicateA polio worldwide.

Chances are you recently received a letter from National Deed Service Inc. of Northbrook, Ill., offering you a "certified copy" of your property deed for the low, low price of $49.50. That's $10 less than last year's offer from the National Deed folks.

Cook County prosecutors said Northbrook resident Hyungseok Henry Koh admitted on videotape he slit his son's throat with a kitchen knife in the April 16 alleged slaying.

Neighbors say Dale Duda is a dynamo. So if this Farmers Market volunteer had to pick a food to match her spicy personality, would Duda choose a hothouse tomato? A jar of signature honey? A tart artisan cheese? Dale Duda touches up a sign for us at the gate of Our Lady of the Brook, where a Farmers Market will start June 24 and continue on ...

Though unemployment is not as serious an issue in Glenview, Northbrook and Deerfield as it is in other surrounding communities, such as Des Plaines, Bill Landwehr and Carolyn Cram thought something needed to be done about it.

This weekend runners will take their marks for the fifth annual "YOUth Make the Difference" 5K run through Gallery Park and The Glen.

The Mental Health Association of the North Shore plans to honor former Evanston Mayor Lorraine H. Morton Friday at its annual benefit, "Dancing Through the Decades!" The association also will honor three teens who have worked to dispel the stigma of mental illness and to promote mental health awareness among their peers, according to association ...

After 78 years, family-owned Plunkett Home Furnishings is closing its five remaining stores in the greater Chicago and St.

Care Communications Inc., a health information management consulting and staffing firm, has added software to manage the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program to its portfolio.

Police and firefighters rescued a Glencoe couple and their two dogs from a fire that badly damaged their ranch-style home in the 1100 block of Green Bay Road early this morning.

Northbrook Community Nursery School held a James Bond-themed gala for 140 guests -- complete with martini bar and craps table -- on March 9 at Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield.

At 37, Walter Froehlich sits in a Northbrook studio filled with hanging art, reckoning the prospect of spending his life in a physical rehabilitation center.