Northbrook Park District is celebrating OAKtober, also known in Illinois as Oak Awareness Month! Connect with the district on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and watch for weekly OAKtober facts and trivia for a chance to win prizes. Northbrook Park ...

Frozen Naperville native Will Rogers recently invented the Below Zero Alcohol Soft Serve, which transforms liquid cocktails into an “ice cream like” solid that can then be served on a cone. Rogers recently installed a system at 2 Fools Cider in Nape...

Early voting in suburban Cook County starts today at five courthouses, including in Rolling Meadows and Skokie, and expanded beginning Oct. 19 to more than a dozen other sites in the Northwest suburbs. The other three suburban Cook County courthouse...

Jack Fitzharris and his friends had a feeling something wasn't quite right. Somewhere out there, a man might owe them his life for noticing. Fitzharris, a senior at Glenbrook North, was driving home from a friend's house earlier this summer with two...

Playing before a live audience for the first time in over six months, the Glenbrook North High School band performed outdoors for residents at Covenant Living of Northbrook Tuesday. The socially-distanced band comprising 60 members played for senior...

Not knowing any better, I about dropped the phone when Violette Abawi said a bar mitzvah can cost between $20,000 to $50,000. At the same time, it provided greater admiration for what Glenview boy Micah Swidler is doing for his bar mitzvah project....

My favorite time of day for outdoor photos, particularly during autumn, is the "Golden Hour" ­­- the last hour of sunlight on a clear evening. Northbrook's water tower was repainted this summer, and I had been meaning to take photos of it wearing a ...

Feel the magic this holiday season and stay safe doing it. Let It Shine, a new holiday drive thru light show is set to launch in Northbrook on November 15th. Guests will be immersed into a wonderland of LED light displays all synchronized to holiday...