Susan Berger

Demonstrators take part in a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protest outside Highland Park District 113 headquarters over the school district's use of animal dissection in science classes on May 30, 2018.

Is dissecting a frog in science class ethical? Protesters challenge the long-standing but controversial practice.

December 13, 2018 at 11:36 a.m.

The protest barely qualified as one. Six staunch PETA supporters, including one inside a cat costume and another dressed as a pig, paced the sidewalk outside High School District 113...

Upon exiting the building, Evanston HS students carried signs during their walkout to supporting the Parkland, FL shooting victims on Wednesday, March 14.

Lake Forest students register to vote as part of gun violence protest

December 14, 2018 at 9:58 p.m.

Lake Forest High School students joined students across the nation on March 14 in a walkout to protest gun violence and school shootings, with a handful of seniors taking the...

Jordan Sartin, 18, left, hugs Michael Nutter, father of slaying victim Colin Nutter, following Colin's funeral at Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park on June 13, 2013.

Highland Park man convicted of killing 20-year-old Colin Nutter gets 54 years in prison

May 24, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

Nearly five years after Colin Nutter was shot to death in his own car, one of three men accused in his 2013 slaying was sentenced Friday to more than five...

Glencoe driver strikes pedestrian in Winnetka

May 10, 2019 at 10:33 p.m.

A 55-year-old Chicago woman was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Elm Street and Green Bay Road in Winnetka at 6:02 p.m. Feb. 20. The woman was hit...

Sentencing delayed for man convicted of killing Colin Nutter as teen while attorneys seek retrial

May 31, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Philip Vatamaniuc, who could spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of a young Highland Park man, must wait a bit longer to learn his fate....

Carly Rousso, who was convicted of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide after she struck and killed a 5-year-old on Labor Day 2012, was released from prison.

Woman who was convicted in ‘huffing’ crash that killed Highland Park girl is out of prison

June 18, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

A woman who was high on inhalants when she drove her car onto a Highland Park sidewalk, plowing into a family and killing a little girl, was freed from prison...

Tina Nelson, center, lights a candle in memory of her slain son Grant, with oldest son Todd, right, daughter Alex and husband Leonard at their home in Wilmette on Dec. 23, 2017. Grant Nelson was stabbed to death last May while working as an Uber driver.

After Uber driver killed on the job, family finds solace in other violent crime victims

May 23, 2019 at 5:19 a.m.

It’s at a bereavement therapy group that meets on the Southwest Side of Chicago, far from her North Shore home, where Tina Nelson has found some measure of comfort and...

Teen in cellphone theft that turned deadly pleads guilty to reckless homicide

May 24, 2019 at 5:08 a.m.

A Fox Lake teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to the reckless homicide of a man who suffered a fatal injury while trying to stop her and two juvenile accomplices from stealing...

Woman defending daughter before fatal Waukegan stabbing pleads guilty to reduced charge

May 24, 2019 at 5:08 a.m.

A Waukegan woman pleaded guilty Monday to one count of concealment of a homicidal death, and had charges that included second-degree murder dismissed, in the July 4 stabbing death of...

A driver sustained minor injuries after accidentally crashing her sports utility vehicle into a corner of the The Grand Food Center in Glencoe on Friday afternoon, according to village officials. No other injuries were reported.

Driver sustains minor injuries after SUV strikes store

May 11, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

A Glencoe public safety official said an elderly motorist was trying to park her sports utility vehicle when she inadvertently crashed into the corner of a grocery store Friday afternoon....

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