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Niles faces cost of $48 to $72 million to replace toxic lead pipes that bring water into homes

May 24, 2023 at 2:15 p.m.

Niles is staring down a hefty price tag to replace lead service lines, the pipes that bring water from the municipal water main into individual homes, that pose a risk...

The Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Board of Education, pictured here May 18, 2023, approved two sets of curriculum updates for middle school math and elementary school social studies at their May meeting.

District 64 approves math, social studies curricula: ‘We’re not going to the store to buy 94 cantaloupes’

May 23, 2023 at 5:25 p.m.

New math and social studies materials are on the way for Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 middle school and elementary students following the Board of Education's approval of two curriculum...

Legionnaire’s disease cases linked to LA Fitness Club in Niles on Touhy Avenue

May 22, 2023 at 6:16 p.m.

The Cook County Department of Public Health has linked a handful of Legionnaire's disease cases to an LA Fitness club on the 5700 block of Touhy Avenue in Niles. Cook...

Niles Chief of Police Luis Tigera speaks and Sergeant Michael Boba looks on at an unveiling for a new police memorial statue, May 19, 2023.

Niles unveils memorial to honor, remember fallen police officers

May 22, 2023 at 4:20 p.m.

Niles police and local elected officials pledged to support law enforcement and remember police officers killed on duty at an unveiling for a new statue at the police department May...

Emerson Middle School, 8101 N. Cumberland Ave. in Niles.

Niles Police investigating threat made to Emerson Middle School students, say no one is in danger

May 22, 2023 at 9:46 p.m.

The Niles Police Department is investigating after Emerson Middle School students reported a Snapchat message from a person not affiliated with Park Ridge-Niles District 64 schools, according to Niles Police...

Park Ridge resident Ryan Thorsen (left) sells vegetables for Tidey Farms of Berrien Center MI. at the Park Ridge farmers market Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Park Ridge. (Eric P. Davis/For Pioneer Press)

Park Ridge Farmers Market opening Saturday with pizza, more gluten-free, vegetarian options

May 21, 2023 at 10:18 p.m.

The Park Ridge Farmers Market will open for the season May 27 on Prairie Avenue, featuring almost 50 vendors. Market Master Karen Grunschel said almost all of last year's vendors...

The Niles-Maine District Library, Aug. 2022.

Four Niles Library trustees sworn in, elect new president; she asks for respectful conduct

May 20, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.

A contentious past was very much present at the Niles-Maine District Library's swearing–in of four trustees who campaigned to restore traditional services and spending levels at the library after a...

Mary Henneloy is a crossing guard at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Glenview Avenue, Park Ridge. The intersection is near Franklin School and a park, and many parents consider it a dangerous crossing.

Residents ask for solution to dangerous Park Ridge crossing on Northwest Highway: ‘Can’t believe we haven’t had a worse accident’

May 19, 2023 at 1:43 p.m.

Park Ridge residents who live near the intersection of Glenview Avenue and Northwest Highway say they're afraid for their safety when crossing the street and asked City Council Monday to...

An Early Childhood Alliance resource fair aimed to address findings that many Skokie and Niles Township children are not ready for kindergarten. Family Support Specialist Alyssa Sartin of the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston engaged with families at the fair, which was held at Oakton College.

Early Childhood fair addresses 64% of Skokie, Niles Township tots not kindergarten-ready

May 19, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

About two out of three children in Niles Township, which includes Skokie, Lincolnwood and parts of Morton Grove and Niles, are not ready for kindergarten, data shows, even though research...

Park Ridge Police Chief Frank Kaminski, pictured here in 2019, retires May 18.

‘Policing is at a crossroads,’ retiring Chief Kaminski observes in final address to Park Ridge Council

May 16, 2023 at 3:08 p.m.

Park Ridge Police Chief Frank Kaminski pinned his hopes for the future of law enforcement on community policing in his last address to City Council before his May 18 retirement....

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