Botched Cocaine Robbery | Holocaust Petition | Accountant Guilty

Miss a day, miss a lot, so take a moment to catch up on some of the past week's headlines from across the North Shore.

2 Charged With Attempted Murder Over Botched Cocaine Robbery, Shooting: Prosecutors

Two suburban men have been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery in connection with a shooting last month outside a Glenview home, police said. According to prosecutors,... Read more

Principal Answers Student's Holocaust Remembrance Petition

School administrators responded Tuesday to a push for changes to annual Holocaust Remembrance Day activities at Highland Park High School. After a student's petition collected... Read more

Highwood Man Identified As School Bathroom Hidden Camera Suspect, Remains At Large

A warrant has been issued for a man police suspect hid a camera in a staff bathroom at Sunset Ridge School, authorities said. Staff at the Northfield elementary school discovered... Read more

Accountant Pleads Guilty To Fraud For Embezzling Over $65 Million

An former accountant and car dealer admitted to swindling a North Shore family out of tens of millions of dollars as part of a decade-long embezzlement scheme. He forged signatures, faked loan applications... Read more

Board Considers Closing Glenbrook Evening, New Bus Contract

The Glenbrook High School District 225 board met Jan. 13 in its regularly scheduled meeting. Comments from the public focused on a plan to restructure Glenbrook Evening School, but... Read more

City Settles With Recent Northwestern Grad Who Said Firefighter Punched Him

Aldermen are set to approve a $25,000 payout Monday to end a civil rights lawsuit filed against the city by a recent Northwestern University graduate. Kanan Wanha sued Evanston... Read more

Glencoe Village Board Approves 2 New Sales Taxes

Two new taxes are set to take effect in Glencoe starting in July. Trustees Thursday approved ordinances creating local food and beverage and gas taxes, village staff announced. ... Read more

Woman Who Worked At Health Care Facility Pleads Guilty

A former employee at a Deerfield health care facility pleaded guilty last month to the attempted identity theft of a 90-year-old Lincolnshire woman, according to police and court records.... Read more

North Shore Restaurants Take Part In 2020 Chicago Restaurant Week

Discounted fine dining is available at more than a dozen North Shore restaurants starting Friday as part of Chicago Restaurant Week. The 17-day midwinter event features fixed-price,... Read more

NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE

Foreclosed Former Home Of Ex-Bear Lance Briggs Sells For $1.1 Million

The Northfield mansion sold Tuesday for less than half what the retired Chicago Bears linebacker paid for it in 2008.

$1.5 Million In Price Cuts To Manufacturing CEO's Lakefront House

Built in 2001, this renovated 13,000-square-foot Highland Park mansion features multiple lake-facing terraces and a pool.

LOCAL POLICE REPORTS

• Man Wanted For Fleeing Police On New Year's Arrested: HP Blotter
• Chicago Man Admits Drinking, Using Phone Before Crash: LF-LB Blotter
• Gun Found After Crash; Prize Scam; Back Door Burglars: NBK Blotter
• Two Officers Injured By Unruly Passenger On Metra Train: NT Blotters
• Blaze Tears Through Skokie House During Renovations: Officials

LOCAL PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR CANDIDATES NAMED
Deerfield | Highland Park | Lake Forest | Loyola | New Trier | Northbrook

IN MEMORIAM

• North Shore Death Notices: Jan. 14 To Jan. 20

EARLIER:

• North Shore Week in Headlines, Jan. 12–Jan. 18: Development Approved | Library Director Ousted | Bears Return To Lake Forest | Elected Officials Block Voter Initiative | Camera Found In School Staff Bathroom | Student Struck By Car | Man Jumps Counter To Rob Bank

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