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Pair In Custody After Gunfire, Pursuit | Snake Found In Washing Machine | College Student Indicted | North Shore's Sole Soccer All-American

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North Shore Week In Headlines: May 4–May 10
North Shore Week In Headlines: May 4–May 10 (via Patch)

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.

No North Shore Holding Tracks In Amtrak Hiawatha Expansion: IDOT

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced last week it has decided to drop a proposal to build five miles of holding tracks alongside railroads in a pair of affluent North... Read more

(via Village of Glenview)

Final Victim Of Waukegan Explosion Identified, Memorial Planned

The identity of the fourth and youngest worker who died in an explosion that leveled a silicone plant in Waukegan was released Wednesday by his employer. Daniel Niklas, 24,... Read more

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(via AB Specialty Silicones)

Two In Custody After Schools Locked Down During Search For Suspects

Two schools were briefly locked down Wednesday as police searched for suspects who fled the scene of a reported shooting in Evanston, police said. Two men were taken into custody and a... Read more

(via Evanston PD)

Convicted Hacker Sentenced To 3 Years For Attack On Grainger

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a Chicago man convicted of hacking into the computers of a Lake Forest company to three years in prison. Edward Soybel, 35, of the 5000 block of North... Read more

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(Chicago PD)

City Clerk Sues City Attorney, City Manager Over FOIA

The municipal officer responsible for fulfilling public records requests in Evanston has filed suit against the city, the city attorney and the city manager. Filed Tuesday in Cook County... Read more

(Jonah Meadows/file photos)

North Shore Soccer Standout Named All-American

A New Trier High School junior was the only soccer player from the North Shore, the only girls soccer player in Cook County and one of just two in Illinois to be named to an elite list... Read more

(via New Trier High School)

Ex-Northwestern Student Indicted On 64 Counts Of Sexual Assault

A former Northwestern University freshman pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he raped an 18-year-old fellow student in March on the Evanston campus. Scott Thomas, 20, of the... Read more

(Jonah Meadows/file photo)

Neighbor's Pet Snake Survives Washing Machine To Be Reunited With Owner

A corn snake named Penelope has been reunited with her owner after making a clean getaway from an Evanston woman's washing machine. Surprised to find the snake after a wash cycle... Read more

(Evanston PD)

New Restaurant Mercado Cantina Offers Modern Mexican In Glenview

A new Glenview restaurant promising a modern and progressive approach to traditional regional Mexican cuisine opened last month. Mercado Cocina is currently open for dinner across from... Read more

(via Mercado Cocina)

First Responders Rescue Trapped Deer From Beach

Rescuers from the Highland Park police and fire departments Sunday rescued a deer that had fallen in between rocks on Ravine Beach. After four local firefighters and a police officer... Read more

Four Highland Park Fire Department paramedics and a police officer helped rescue a deer on May 5, 2019, at Ravine Beach. (City of Highland Park)

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