Wilmette News

Wilmette Police will be patroling the roads this Memorial Day weekend to make sure that drivers are wearing their seat belts at all times as part of the Click It or Ticket campaign.

Highcrest Middle School fifth grade sisters Amy and Rachel Zun, and sisters Gracie and Julia Ramsey are two of 23 sets of twins at the school.

Twenty-two sets of twins gather Wednesday at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, which is working to document its tally of twins for Guinness World Records.

If you rarely consider the provenance of that fast-food burger you enjoyed last night, or the processed foods you bought at the grocery today, you're not alone.

Highcrest Middle School is seeing double. The Wilmette school announced this week that it had broken the Guiness World Record for Most Twins in a Single Grade, with 23 sets of twins.

Wilmette Golf Club will close July 29 for a $2 million renovation that Wilmette Park District officials say will reduce flood problems and provide new challenges for golfers , Chicago Tribune reported.

Wilmette engineer John R. Hillman was recently honored at the White House as one of 12 "Champions of Change" from across America for their innovations in transportation technology , Chicago Tribune reported.

Romantika Lingerie Boutique Spices up Downtown Winnetka : The new lingerie store features a variety of gifts, whether you're celebrating a special occasion or just want every day to be a little more exciting.

The boys called him Bubbles. Most of them avoided direct contact with the Jesuit priest, joking about not getting too close, but it's not that they went around the school warning other boys to keep a distance.

The fifth grade at the Highcrest Middle School is claiming the world record for the most twins in one grade of a single school.

Burglary to Auto A resident on the 1500 block of Wilmette Ave. reported that between May 14 and May 15, and unknown offender entered her unlocked vehicle overnight and went through all of the compartments of the vehicle, 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.

Cocomero, a self-serve frozen yogurt store, has begun construction in downtown Wilmette.

The Village of Wilmette and Huerter Post #46 of the American Legion will host a Memorial Day parade on May 27th, according to the village's website .

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.

Update 05/18, 9:45 a.m. ~ Officers responding to the area observed a male subject lying on the ground in the 4800 block of Golf Road.

A 19-year-old Chicago woman is being charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to aid or give information and improper backing after a hit-and-run accident in Wilmette on Wednesday , Wilmette Police reports state.

Jaya Nambiar, 9, from left, Kaya Booth, 9, both of Wilmette, and Helena Samson, 6, of Northbrook show healthy pizzas they made for themselves at Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook on Friday, April 26.

Wilmette police say they are looking for a woman who apparently took off from a minor accident Wednesday, with another woman clinging to the side of her vehicle , Wilmette Life reported.

Battery Two visiting caretakers at a home on the 3500 block of Walnut St. got into a verbal and then a physical confrontation, Wilmette Police reports state.