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Week in headlines for Chicago's North Shore from Feb. 9–Feb. 15, 2020.
Week in headlines for Chicago's North Shore from Feb. 9–Feb. 15, 2020. (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.


Northbrook Woman Charged In Hit-And-Run Of Deerfield Boy

A 46-year-old Northbrook resident who police said drove away last week after striking a 12-year-old boy with special needs turned herself in Friday at the Deerfield Police Department, according... Read more
Earlier: Family Of 12-Year-Old Struck By Hit-And-Run Driver Offers $10,000 Reward


Coach Sexually Abused Student During Track Practice: Lawsuit

North Shore Country Day School administrators last week announced the results of a four-month independent investigation into possible sexual misconduct by educators. The probe was opened... Read more

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Lobbyist Rabbi Lawmaker Lied About Abortion Law: Pro-Choice Group

With less than five weeks to go before the Democratic Party primary, local elected officials and activists accused a state representative of breaking his promise to support an abortion rights... Read more


School Board Hears Results Of Internal Probe Into Hidden Bathroom Camera

Nearly a month after a cellphone camera was found hidden in the bathroom of a Sunset Ridge School, the former custodian accused of planting it there remains at large. Meanwhile,... Read more

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Judge Keeps Evanston Voter Initiative Referendum Off Ballot

A Cook County judge agreed with Evanston's electoral board that a proposed referendum to establish a new process for citizen-initiated ballot questions is too confusing for the ballot and... Read more


Deerfield Superintendent Resigns To Take Same Job In Lemont

The Deerfield School District 109 board is searching for a new superintendent for the second time in the past three years, with Anthony McConnell headed out the door at the end... Read more


One-School Kenilworth District Hires Superintendent From One Of Skokie's 5 School Districts

The superintendent of one of Skokie's five elementary school districts is set to take over atop Kenilworth's one-school district as reorganizes its administrative structure. The... Read more


Former Prosecutor Becomes Lake County's 2nd-Ever African-American Circuit Judge

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed a former assistant state's attorney who was appointed to the Lake County bench 18 months ago to fill the vacancy created by last week's retirement... Read more


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