Skokie Village Board approves plans for new Lincoln Junior High
The Skokie Village Board recently signed off on Skokie/Morton Grove School District 69's plans to build a new $45 million school on the site of Lincoln Junior High School. The...
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40 firefighters work to put out early morning Skokie house fire
About forty firefighters worked to save neighboring houses after an early morning fire broke out in an empty Skokie home Tuesday morning. A passerby saw the fire in the back...
With tighter funding, Skokie considers community grant requests
Skokie expects to receive about $650,000 in funding for its 2020 Community Development Block Program, but the village has received $950,000 in funding requests. The funding requests were detailed to...
New Skokie police commander’s storied past remembered
Chances are you don't remember the exact details of Aug. 25, 2008, but Skokie police commander Timothy Gramins can't forget his gun battle with a bank robber. Gramins, who was...
Shaggy the dog disappeared from a Chicago yard 8 years ago. Last week, he was reunited with his owners.
When Tina Anderson got a call last week asking if she'd lost her dog, she told them the animal was safe in her kitchen. When they asked her if her...
Evanston man facing child pornography charges involving Tumblr use pleads not guilty
An Evanston man who formerly volunteered as a youth sports coach pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple child pornography charges centered around his use of the social media site Tumblr....
Harvey man sentenced to 5 years in prison for Skokie retail theft that left woman with head, hand injuries
A Harvey man was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty at the Skokie courthouse last week to seriously injuring an elderly woman...
Investigators working to determine cause of Skokie condo building fire
Fire investigators are still working to determine what caused a fire that left a 24-unit Skokie condo building temporarily uninhabitable. Fire officials say the blaze started in the bathroom of...
Park Ridge man who was found guilty in October in 1992 strangulation of Skokie boy fails in bid to get sentence reduced from 45 years to 10 years
A 76-year old man convicted earlier this year of killing a 15-year-old Skokie boy in a suburban forest preserve in 1992 will not be given a reduced sentence, a judge...
Holidays bring package thefts, stolen purses, Wilmette police say
With the holiday season in near full swing, Wilmette police are asking residents to be extra vigilant to protect themselves against package thefts. They also recently issued a crime alert...