The hardest part about visiting longtime Northbrook sporting goods store Play it Again Sports is first having to drive past the world-famous (on the North Shore, anyway) Max and Benny's restaurant. With a menu so extensive it almost needs an index, ...

January is the perfect time to bring your workout indoors at Techny Prairie Activity Center, 180 Anets Drive in Northbrook. This newly opened facility features a 6,000 square foot fitness floor with new cardio, strength and functional fitness equip...

Vernon Area Public Library has been recognized as one of the nation's "Star Libraries" for 2020, as announced in the most recent edition of Library Journal. The magazine's 13th annual Index of Public Library Service evaluates the per capita measurem...

Cake for a cause Portillo's heart-shaped chocolate cakes are back, and this year you can feel good about indulging as Portillo's will donate $5 for each cake purchased to No Kid Hungry, which is a nonprofit working to end childhood hunger. While the...

Northbrook police are looking for a vehicle involved in a reported armed robbery in the parking lot of Northbrook Court mall. At 6:27 p.m. Monday, police responded to a report of an armed robbery. The victim told police she was walking to her car wh...

Contact your own state senator and urge them to pass SB1966 - the BIO Bill - before noon Wednesday, Jan. 13. Gun violence prevention remains an issue that needs to be addressed at both the state and national level. Today I would like to focus on wha...

Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Janet Albrecht of Wheeling. She wants to give the money to a friend. Here is an excerpt of her story: "My friend, Cathy Jackson, a server for a Northbrook restaurant, is currently unemp...

Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 436,377 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Saturday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 7,314 deaths in the suburb...