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Oakton Community College plans signage and safety upgrades to Skokie campus entrance

November 19, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

The Skokie Village Board signed off Monday on the first phase of improved security, signage and landscaping work around the Skokie campus of Oakton Community College. The village board unanimously...

Evanston man sentenced to 4 years in prison for vehicle burglaries

November 12, 2019 at 2:57 p.m.

An Evanston man pleaded guilty last week to breaking into vehicles in the north suburb and was sentenced to four years in prison. Stephen A. Craig, 62, of the 1400...

Skokie issues bonds to pay for library renovation, refinancing of debt

November 5, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Skokie officials recently signed off on issuing as much as $35 million in municipal bonds to finance the interior renovation of the Skokie Public Library and to refinance millions of...

Skokie Theatre earns ‘Business of the Year’ distinction

November 4, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

After finishing in second place for two years in a row, the Skokie Theatre has been named the 2019 Skokie Business of the Year. "It's fantastic!" said Wendy Kaplan, who...

Animal-rights supporters attend hearing where Chicago woman is indicted on cruelty charge after cops report finding emaciated dogs in her home

October 30, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

A Chicago woman who was charged with animal cruelty earlier this month after police reported finding six emaciated dogs in her home was indicted Tuesday at the Skokie courthouse during...

Skokie residents can address village’s future at upcoming forum

October 28, 2019 at 2:17 p.m.

For the second time in five years, Skokie residents are being invited to come together and talk about their "aspirations" for their community during an upcoming orum at the Skokie...

Kevin Jones, 35, of Chicago has been charged with attempted murder in a Sept. 28 incident in Evanston.

Man pleads not guilty to ‘random’ brick attack in Evanston

October 22, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

A Chicago man pleaded not guilty Monday to what prosecutors described as an unprovoked brick attack on another man in Evanston. Kevin Jones, 35, of the 7500 block of North...

Timothy Trybus stands outside the Cook County Skokie Courthouse on Sept. 24, 2019.

‘I am so ashamed I said what I said.’ Man convicted of hate crime for berating woman wearing Puerto Rican shirt sentenced to probation, community service

October 21, 2019 at 5:28 p.m.

A Des Plaines man found guilty of a hate crime for harassing a woman wearing a shirt emblazoned with the Puerto Rican flag was sentenced Monday to two years of...

Officer Enjoli Daley, of the Evanston Police Department, helps lead a course on survival strategies for active shooter events on Oct. 3, 2019.

Evanston police hold active shooter response class

October 15, 2019 at 2:40 p.m.

Evanston resident Monty George recently spent half a day preparing for something he hopes will never happen. George was one of 45 people who signed up for the Evanston Police...

The Department of Justice seal is seen (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Park Ridge man gets 14 years for threatening to ‘blow up’ home of man he loaned money to, authorities say

October 15, 2019 at 12:11 p.m.

A Park Ridge man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison in exchange for pleading guilty to assaulting and paying someone to "blow up" the residence of a...

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