Pam DeFiglio

Emergency personnel block the street at the corner of West Howard Street and North Croname Road in Niles after a protest near Woodward Inc. on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

33 arrested as Palestinian allies protest outside weapons manufacturer in Niles

February 13, 2024 at 1:28 p.m.

More than 60 police from many departments stood by with rifles and K-9s as a few dozen protesters held signs and chanted outside the Niles offices of Woodward, Inc., which...

Oak Mill Bakery is offering a box of six Valentine Paczki this year, since Valentine's Day falls the day after Paczki Day, otherwise known as Mardi Gras.

Are Valentine Paczki the answer? Bakeries get busy as Mardi Gras, Cupid collide

February 7, 2024 at 9:14 a.m.

The 2024 calendar may go down in history as the enemy of romance. It lists Mardi Gras, better known in Chicago as Paczki Day, on Feb. 13 and Valentine’s Day...

Jasmine Sebaggala, pictured here at the Juneteenth Opening Ceremony in Skokie on June 17, 2022, filed a lawsuit against Awake Illinois Vice President Helen Levinson alleging defamation; a judge dismissed the lawsuit and ordered her to pay the defendant's legal fees. She is appealing that ruling.

Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader

January 12, 2024 at 2:45 p.m.

A Skokie woman who co-founded the group Abolition Coalition to advocate for racial equity is facing a judge's deadline to pay $38,000 in attorney fees for an Awake Illinois leader...

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33 arrested as Palestinian allies protest outside weapons manufacturer in Niles

Are Valentine Paczki the answer? Bakeries get busy as Mardi Gras, Cupid collide

Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader

Catholic shrine in Morton Grove gains holy relics of Saints Luke and Juan Diego: ‘From the hand that wrote the gospels’

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Bomb threats made to north suburban, Lake County public libraries

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