Chemical Spill Probed | DUI In Deadly Crash | Boil Order Issued

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.

Finding Beach Park Chemical Spill Cause Could Take Days Or Weeks

The Lake County Sheriff's Office said Friday morning sheriff's detectives and members of the National Transportation Safety Board will continue working together and investigate the... Read more

Lake County Judge Wrong To Accept Sharia Divorce: Appeals Court

A state appeals court panel ruled last week that a Lake County judge wrongly accepted a divorce conducted in India under Islamic law. In a judgement filed April 12, a panel of the 2nd District... Read more

Trump Adviser Contacted Illinois Operative About Clinton Emails

The late Lake Forest investment adviser and Republican political activist Peter Smith was contacted by Michael Flynn to track down Hilary Clinton's deleted emails, Special Counsel... Read more

Scammers Spoof Police Phone Number, Demand Payment

Police warned residents not to trust phone calls that appear to come from the police department after getting word of several scam calls coming from fake Evanston cops. On Monday alone... Read more

5-Year Sentence For Wilmette Woman Who Broke Into Homes, Escaped

A Wilmette woman convicted of breaking into a pair of homes and violating the terms of her electronic monitoring was sentenced this month to five years in state prison followed by two... Read more

Man Charged With Felony DUI In Deadly Crash On Edens Expressway

A Zion man was ordered held without bond Sunday on charges he was driving drunk when he struck and killed a pedestrian on the Edens Expressway in Skokie, according to Illinois State Police.... Read more

Northbrook Boil Order Lifted After Construction Mishap

Village officials warned residents not to drink the water Tuesday after a contractor damaged a water main and caused water pressure to drop throughout Northbrook around 9:45 a.m.... Read more

New Trier Senior Named Presidential Scholar Semifinalist

In the course of last week, high school senior Asher Noel was named a semifinalist in the prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, won second place in the Illinois Econ Challenge... Read more

Semi Crashes Into 4 Cars On Edens Spur, 5 Hospitalized: Police

Five people were seriously injured after a tractor-trailer crashed into four cars Sunday on eastbound Interstate 94 in Northbrook, state police said. The four cars — a black KIA... Read more

Pritkzer, Family Under Federal Criminal Investigation: Report

A federal criminal investigation into how Illinois Gov. JB Pritkzer and his family reduced their Cook County property tax bill by more than $331,000 remains ongoing, but there are no signs... Read more

NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE

Ex-Chicago Bull Toni Kukoc Lists Highland Park Home At 1993 Price
The three-time NBA champion, Olympic silver medalist and FIBA Hall of Famer listed his contemporary mansion for $1.15 million last month.

Grossinger Family's Lakefront Tony Grunsfeld Home Sells For $4.7 Million
The third-generation car dealers' sale of a modernist ranch atop a Highland Park bluff is the town's priciest in several years.

LOCAL POLICE REPORTS

• Metal Pipe-Wielding Robber Sentenced To 2 Years Probation
• 4 Teens Burglarize Under-Construction Wilmette Home, Call Lyft
• 'Very Drunk And High On Cocaine' Gang Member Arrested: Glenview Blotter
  
• Arrests For Drunk, Drugged Driving, Drug Possession: Highland Park Blotter
• Cops Witness Drunk Woman Drive Into Wires, Onto Sidewalk: Lake Forest Blotter
• Home Burglarized; Drunk Driver Runs Stoplight: Northbrook Blotter
• Fake Cops Paid $5,000 'Bond' For Fictitious Warrant: Winnetka-Glencoe Blotter
• Teen Charged With Beating Pregnant Woman Held Without Bond

IN MEMORIAM

• North Shore Death Notices: April 15 to April 21

LAST WEEK:

• North Shore Week In Headlines, April 14–April 20: Cubs Pitcher Sued | Ex-Teacher Sentenced | Accused Priest Dies | Skokie Homicide Investigated | Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty | Local Student, Golfer Honored | Deerfield Appeals Assault Weapons Ban

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