Fatal Car Crashes, $90M Shopping Center Among Top Stories This Month

1. At Least One Dead After Glenview Car Crash
Three people were killed after a garbage truck struck a passenger car at Harrison Street and Harlem Avenue Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to police.

2. Victims of Tuesday’s Crash Mourned, Possibly Identified
At least two of the three people who died in Tuesday’s car crash in Glenview worked at San Soo Gab San, a Korean restaurant with locations in Chicago and Morton Grove.

3. Glenview Ranked No. 3 On Illinois Best Cities List
The MOVOTO real estate blog recently ranked the state's 50 biggest cities based on schools, crime, cost of living and employment rate.

4. Man Dies In Glenview After Dog Leash Tangles Bicycle
Wladyslaw “Walter” Bujak, 68, of Northbrook, was riding his bicycle through Harms Woods in Glenview on Sept. 27, when a dog leash tangled his bike, causing Bujak to fly off his bike and injure his neck and head.

5. Morton Grove Woman Second Person To Die In Glenview Crash
After a Sept. 22 traffic crash in Glenview which killed her husband Sean O'Brien, 37, Lisa O'Brien, 34, of the 9300 block of North Major in Morton Grove, died Oct. 9

6. Glenview Man Now Charged With First-Degree Murder In Crash That Killed Husband and Wife
Daniel Shmelevich, 28, appeared in Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie Thursday, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

7. Car Accident Leads to DUI Arrest
A Mount Prospect man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and cited for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating an uninsured motor vehicle after a car crash in the 4500 block of Lilac Avenue on Oct. 13, according to police. 

8. $90M Shopping Center Underway At Former Avon Site
Florida-based Regency Centers paid $10.1 million for the site on Oct. 7, then sold part of the property to a joint venture including Northfield developer Focus for $8.3 million.

9. Baby Dolphin Born at Brookfield Zoo
Tapeco, 31, gives birth to a male calf at Brookfield Zoo. Zoo staff are "cautiously optimistic," about calf's signs of health.

10. Showing Tonight: The 2013 Draconid Meteor Shower 2013 Peak
Meteor showers can put on a great show — when there's a clear, or at least clearish, sky.