In north suburban Winnetka, a day of boating turned tragic. Winnetka Fire Chief John Ripka said, around 1:20 p.m., police and firefighters responded to the lakefront, where a man who was boating ...

Firefighters responded to a house fire early Monday morning in Winnetka. CBS Skywatch was over the scene in the 600 block of Walden Road around 4 a.m. Fire officials said smoke and flames were ...

Winnetka fire officials said a Friday fire in the basement of a Berkeley Avenue home caused roughly $75,000 in damage. Fire Chief Alan Berkowsky said the call came in around 11:30 a.m. from a ...

Flames caused extensive damage to a house under construction and spread to two nearby buildings in Winnetka Monday morning. The fire was reported at about 1:35 a.m. at 7950 N. Laramie Ave., ...

The homeowner said he took cover behind a tree and returned fire. Dozens of shell casings riddled the street and sidewalk. Winnetka police blocked off the area near Willow and Sheridan for several ...

The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the man as 43-year-old Luke Laidley. Winnetka fire officials said a boat was pulling three or four children on a tube in the water near ...

He spent about a minute submerged before he appeared with the children and was able to get them to safety, Winnetka fire officials told the outlet. Laidley was quickly pulled back onboard by ...

“It’s truly tragic,” Winnetka Fire Chief John Ripka told Sneed on Wednesday, describing Laidley’s action as heroic. Sneed is told there were no children at the scene when the paramedics ...

"It appears that we had a car coming in at a high rate of speed, hit a parked car and then ran into the front of the building causing some structural damage," said Winnetka Fire Capt. Ryan Banks.