ABC 7 Chicago

1 charged after shooting in Hawthorn Hills Square Shopping Center parking lot: Vernon Hills police

VERNON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- A suspect has been charged after a man was critically wounded in a shooting in a Vernon Hills shopping center Thursday night, police said. Police responded to the shooting ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Family of Hawthorne Hills fire victim: 'We're lucky my sister made it out alive'

After police announced on Saturday the arrest of a 24-year-old man for arson at Hawthorne Hills Apartments in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, neighbors told TV9 they were relieved. Frank Orr of Marion said ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Man shot in parking lot of shopping center in Vernon Hills, police say

VERNON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- A man was shot Thursday evening in the parking lot of a north suburban shopping center. The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. at Hawthorn Hills Square in Vernon Hills, ...
Chicago Tribune

Vernon Hills’ Hawthorn mall moves ‘into the 21st century’ with redevelopment; ‘It’ll be another destination for the area’

Hawthorn, the million-square-foot Vernon Hills shopping center, has been “moved into the 21st century,” Village Senior Trustee Thom Koch Jr. said during a tour of 14 new businesses Thursday, as ...
Chicago Tribune

Hawthorn mall festival in Vernon Hills marks Earth Day; ‘It allows the community … to come together’

For the first time in the newer part of the Hawthorn mall in Vernon Hills, Saturday’s annual Earth Day Celebration featured food trucks, artisan booths, live music, lawn games, a petting zoo, animal ...