Year in Review: Skokie police officer’s good deed goes viral
The response of a Skokie police officer over the summer to a report of criminal trespassing at X-Sport Fitness on the east end of the village garnered national attention. Instead...
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Year in Review: School District 219 leadership changes, lawsuit, football team suspension mark 2017
In May, David Ko replaced Mark Sproat as Niles Township High School District 219 school board president at a special meeting where officials also announced the launch of an independent...
Year in Review: Plans for long-vacated downtown Skokie site unveiled in 2017
Property at the northwest corner of Oakton Street and Lincoln Avenue in the heart of downtown Skokie — former home to the Desiree restaurant — has been quiet for years,...
Skokie kindergartners and preschoolers collect coins, shop for those in need
The poster under glass on the outside of Elizabeth Meyer School for preschoolers and kindergartners shows a snowman and a simple written message: "It's Cool to be Kind." The inside...
School District 65 addresses parents, elevated lead levels in school faucets and fountains
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 leaders and the city's director of health and human services unveiled mitigation plans to address laboratory testing that recently indicated more than five dozen sinks and...
HUD: Skokie pays former homeowner $41,500 to settle discrimination complaint
A former Skokie homeowner who filed a federal housing discrimination complaint against the village of Skokie in 2016 after trying to sell his house has reached a settlement with the...
Plan Commission gives first OK for 12-story building in downtown Skokie
A 153-unit luxury apartment and retail building pegged for the heart of downtown Skokie got a green light from the Skokie Plan Commission Thursday, which voted to recommend the project....
Year in Review: Ruling Morton Grove Action Party coasts to victory in 2017 election
Despite a contested race for mayor, three trustee seats and village clerk, the ruling Action Party in Morton Grove had an easy time holding onto all Village Board seats in...
Basement furnace fire leaves house uninhabitable, displacing Niles family
Fire investigators believe a furnace in the basement of a two-story Niles house was the source of the fire Wednesday that has left the residence uninhabitable, authorities said. According Beverly...
Niles Township High School District 219 still searching for bus storage space
Niles Township High School District 219 continues to look for property to store some or all of its buses — even though it acquired property for a bus terminal and...