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Veteran special education teacher, administrator to be new principal at Gemini Middle School in East Maine District 63

June 5, 2025 at 5:16 p.m.

The new administrator who will be taking the reins at Gemini Middle School next school year has been announced and will step in the role as of July 1, East...

Maine East High School Principal Melissa Pikul addresses the audience May 18, 2025 during the school's Class of 2025 commencement ceremony at the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont. (Karie Angell Luc/for Pioneer Press)

More than 1,500 Maine Township District 207 grads cross the stage as leaders declare ‘you are ready’

June 5, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Maine Township High School District 207 has bid farewell to its three graduating classes, conferring some 1,500 seniors with their diploma and declaring them ready for their next chapter. Commencement...

Village of Lincolnwood announced that there is no parking of commercial vehicles on village streets from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. (Pioneer Press file)

No overnight parking of commercial vehicles on Lincolnwood streets, officials say

June 5, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

Village officials in Lincolnwood issued a reminder to residents and business owners in town that commercial vehicles – any one used for a variety of business uses – cannot be...

Maine Township High School District 207 leaders announced in a May 27, 2025 news release that Leo Park, orchestra director at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, is a quarter finalist for a GRAMMY Music Educator Award. (Courtesy Maine Township High School District 207)

Maine South High School music teacher in GRAMMY Educator Award contention

June 5, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

A Maine South High School music teacher is in the running for a coveted GRAMMY award as an educator. In a news release, Maine Township High School District 207 leaders...

Now-former Morton Grove mayor Daniel DiMaria, right, swears in Janine Witko as the new village president during the May 27, 2025 Village Board meeting in Morton Grove. (Courtesy/Village of Morton Grove)

Janine Witko ‘humbled’ to be new mayor of Morton Grove after decade of last administration

June 5, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.

The new mayor of Morton Grove has been sworn and seated, and one of the first orders of business for Janine Witko was to make an appointment to fill the...

Northbrook police are investigating a scam in which about $524,000 worth of stainless steel was stolen from a Northbrook company.

Scammer steals $524,000 in stainless steel from Northbrook supply company

June 3, 2025 at 2:46 p.m.

A scammer stole $524,000 worth of stainless steel coils from a Northbrook supply company by posing as a Texas steel firm employee.

Kyle Froehlich, owner of Sunny Harvest Farms of Eau Claire, Michigan, assists customers Dusty and Karen Schlueter, of Northbrook, right, on the June 19, 2019, opening day of the Northbrook farmers market in downtown Northbrook.

A day-by-day guide to north suburban farmers markets

May 31, 2025 at 9:11 a.m.

From the Northbrook Farmers Market Wednesdays to Evanston, Winnetka and Wilmette Saturdays to Skokie Sundays, find a local market.

Niles West High School seniors graduated from the Skokie high school at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston on May 25, 2025. (Niles Township High School District 219 communications interns)

Niles West grads share tales of tears, hard work, and joy at commencement

May 27, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Niles West High School seniors shared very different experiences of the last months before graduation at their commencement ceremony Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. Yohanna Endashaw said that she...

Graduates participate in the 2025 Niles North High School graduation at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston on Sunday, May 25, 2025. (Talia Sprague / Pioneer Press)

Niles North grads urged to persevere, dream at commencement Sunday

May 27, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

Seniors at Niles North High School in Skokie, in Niles Township High School District 219, graduated May 25, 2025.

Mundelein Heritage Museum given first place preservation award by Illinois State Historical Society

May 23, 2025 at 12:15 p.m.

In late April, the Mundelein Heritage Museum was awarded first place in "Collections Preservation" at the Illinois State Historical Society’s Best of Illinois History Awards.

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