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HISTORICAL FACTS: Northbrook | History Defined

In Northbrook mural, nods to nature and, of course, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

Terry Luc and Gerry Luc included a water tower bearing the words “Save Ferris” like a real one nearby was painted for the 1986 movie by John Hughes, who grew up in Northbrook.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Chicago, Northbrook

A large gathering in Streeterville sought to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while in Northbrook, pro-Israeli demonstrators call for the release of nearly 240 hostages being held by Hamas.

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His kidney saved Gail Fink’s life 18 years ago and his wife delivered her twins. Now they pray she can find another kidney.

After Texas pastor Juan Uribe donated a kidney to Gail Fink of Northbrook, his wife served as a surrogate for her twin boys. Now Fink needs to find another donor so she can watch her 15-year-old boys continue to thrive.

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Man found shot to death in Niles nightclub parking lot

Police responded to a call about 1 a.m. Sunday and found a man face down in the Miraj nightclub parking lot. A Northbrook man is in custody.

Chicago Sun-Times

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a suburban Chicago survivor remembers

The stories of people like Ralph Rehbock, 88, who lives in Northbrook — whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was 4 — are important to be preserved and shared.

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Jordy, pop star from Northbrook, gives 2000 hit a queer update with ‘Story of a Boy’

Former Glenbrook North theater kid inspires transgender TikTok campaign with his take on the Nine Days hit ‘Absolutely (Story of a Girl).’

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A new home for Rocky the coyote

Work is progressing on the 2,500-square-foot outdoor enclosure that will be nearly 10 times the size of a previous space at the River Trail Nature Center near Northbrook.

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2 men sought in Northbrook and Evanston bank robberies: Chicago FBI

Police say the men robbed two banks less than 30 minutes apart.

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Jon Scheyer’s journey — and time in Illinois’ FAAM league — prepared him for this moment

This was the first time Jon Scheyer felt any kind of pressure to prove himself. The first time he could sense others’ doubt and skepticism. He was in the sixth grade when he walked into a gym in Evanston, Ill., not far from his hometown of Northbrook, a well-off suburb…

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Comedian Ricky Gervais joins animal rights group in call to move Rocky the coyote from forest preserve in Northbrook to Colorado wildlife sanctuary

CHICAGO — The push to move a coyote from its cage in a Cook County forest preserve to a wildlife sanctuary got a celebrity endorsement recently from comedian Ricky Gervais.

Chicago Tribune

Coyote at Cook County nature center to get bigger cage; advocates want animal sent to wildlife sanctuary

The coyote, called Rocky by activists, has been at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook since 2018.

Chicago Sun-Times

Duke’s Jon Scheyer Speaks Out After Shooting Near Hometown

The 34-year-old is from Northbrook, Ill., just a few miles away from Highland Park.

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PHOTOS: Sun-Times photographers on the scene in Highland Park on the day after

Here’s a look at photos taken by Sun-Times photographers following the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park.

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