The Latest Breaking News from Winnetka

The house in Winnetka, Illinois still features the staircase which Macaulay Culkin rode down on a sledge, but the swinging paint cans have since been removed

The young man did not resurface after jumping into Lake Michigan early Tuesday with others off Winnetka’s Elder Beach.

Luke Laidley, 43, was boating with friends off the 200 block of Sheridan Road early Tuesday afternoon when he noticed that the children appeared to be having problems, officials said.

Krikor Topouzian, 62, was found guilty Thursday of buying nearly 80,000 masks in the early months of the pandemic and selling them at large markups even as friends and law enforcement warned him of the products’ “scarce” material designation during the international crisis.

No obit? No funeral? No burial? Who was Esther Gasser?

Tony Ayers died last year, but his friends now say they have proof the artwork is a rare gem worth tens of millions of dollars — thanks to artificial intelligence.

A caller’s false threat to “kill everyone” at Wheaton North High School led to a large police response at the school Monday morning as officers responded to similar threats at Winnetka’s North Shore Country Day School and Wilmette Junior High School.

The cyclist begins recording the incident and asks, “Is it because I’m Black?” and the woman replies, “Yes” and nods her head.

A mass shooting hit the town of Winnetka, Ill., 34 years ago. Phil Andrew survived, and that experience shaped his path as a special agent for the FBI and lifelong gun control advocate.