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Demonstrators participate in an anti-ICE protest Sept. 12, 2025 along an Interstate 94 overpass on Winnetka Avenue in Winnetka. (Audrey Richardson/for Pioneer Press)

North Shore area group stages protest against Trump and ICE agents on the ground in Chicagoland: ‘This isn’t the nation I grew up in’

September 16, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

Amid a recent increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across Chicagoland, protesters launched a rush hour demonstration near exits of the Edens Expressway at Lincolnwood, critical of...

Lincolnwood mayor Jesal Patel delivers the "State of the Village" address Sept. 10, 2025 in Lincolnwood. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

Lincolnwood mayor touts redevelopment of ailing Lincolnwood Town Center mall as financial boon for village

September 16, 2025 at 3:07 p.m.

Lincolnwood mayor Jesal Patel said he is hopeful his town can turn the Lincolnwood Town Center from a dying mall into an economic engine for the small suburb. The mayor...

At the Sept. 15, 2025 Park Ridge City Council meeting, Alderperson Joseph Steinfels changed his vote on the gateway sign issue from no to yes, helping the measure to spend $215,600 on installation to pass. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

A Park Ridge alderman changed his ‘no’ vote on spending $215K for town entry signs. Now the city will install them.

September 16, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

The Park Ridge City Council reversed course on paying for new city gateway signs, choosing Monday night to approve spending over $200,000 for new signs after two weeks ago voting...

Trinity High School President Tina Taylor-Ritzler discusses her first 100 days on the job during a reception for her Sept. 11 at the school in River Forest. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Trinity High School officially welcomes new president Tina Taylor-Ritzler

September 16, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

Tina Taylor-Ritzler got her official invocation and Mass as the head of Trinity High School in River Forest last week.

City Council scraps plans to replace aged Park Ridge gateway signs, to mayor’s irritation: ‘If they fall down, they fall’

September 9, 2025 at 5:55 a.m.

After spending thousands of dollars for new welcome signs to be designed, Park Ridge aldermen voted to not move forward with plans to install them.

The Frankfort Lions Club represented in Sunday's Fall Festival parade in a 1903 replica car. (Jesse Wright/for the Daily Southtown)

Frankfort Fall Festival draws big crowds, top-tier crafters, for Labor Day event

September 1, 2025 at 12:13 p.m.

The Frankfort Fall Festival brought more than 300 vendors from across the country and drew crowds for a parade Sunday afternoon.

The Park Ridge Park District has a number of St. Patrick's Day events planned for 2025, including "The Leprechaun Hunt" March 12 and March 13 in Park Ridge.

Park Ridge City Council OKs new Higgins Road Dunkin’ Donuts store with drive-thru, but IDOT still has to approve

August 26, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

The Park Ridge City Council gave its approval for construction of a new Dunkin’ Donuts – that will have a drive through and replace another location that doesn’t – but...

Park Ridge police Chief Bob Kampwirth holds up a new street sign during the Aug. 18, 2025 City Council Committee of the Whole meeting that warns would-be e-scooter and e-bike riders to stay off sidewalks in the city. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

With new e-bike rules set in Park Ridge, police are figuring out how to enforce them

August 26, 2025 at 11:06 a.m.

About a month after the Park Ridge City Council passed regulations on electric bikes and scooters, police Chief Bob Kempwirth told aldermen his officers are trying to recognize bike types...

Triton Engineering Chair Andrea Blaylock, from left, works with Amber Woods and Flynn Riordan to build a motor for a submarine last week at Building Giants Manufacturing Camp at Triton College in River Grove. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Summer camp at Triton College goes deep into letting kids build stuff

August 12, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

Building Giants Manufacturing Camp at Triton College in River Grove is a hands-on opportunity for kids to learn some mechanical skills.

An estimated 600 people came out Saturday, Aug. 9 to the Park District of Franklin Park's annual Touch a Truck event. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Trucks, buses and even a riding lawnmower take center stage at Franklin Park summer wrapup event

August 11, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

Summer went out with a honk at the Park District of Franklin Park's annual touch a truck event, which drew about 600 people.

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