Niles News

After Niles Village Trustee George Alpogianis resigned his seat on the village board last week, forced out by the Cook County State's Attorney because of past felony convictions, he spoke with the Journal & Topics Newspapers about his plans for the future.

In its 75th anniversary year, Meijer is going back to its roots, developing a grocery-oriented format it will test in Niles, Ill.

Mass merchandiser Meijer is rolling out a smaller-format, grocery-focused store in the Chicago suburb of Niles, Ill.

NILES, IL, June 28, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Armenian Relief Mission and Zera Construction have once again joined together, this time with the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, to disassemble the village's used playground set so that it can be sent to Armenia and rebuilt to benefit orphaned children.

Former long-time Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase will spend Independence Day a free man as his sentencing hearing on corruption charges was continued for a fourth time today , June 26.

A mixture of anger, frustration and curiosity drew about 30 people to Harms Woods Saturday for a tax protest "tea party." The group listened to speakers decry increasing taxes at all levels though most of their ire was directed at county and state officials who they said have been wasting money and forcing residents to pay higher and higher taxes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Betty Hale , instructs a physical education class in a 100-year-old gymnasium at Eberhart Elementary School in Chicago.

Motorists making their way through Park Ridge and Niles the coming summer will be impacted by several road construction projects.

The Cook County State's Attorney has determined that Niles Trustee George Alpogianis is a convicted felon and will seek to remove him from the Village Board if he does not resign, state's attorney spokesman Andy Conklin.

A recently terminated Maine East High School teacher is expected to enter a not guilty plea next month to charges that she engaged in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old former student.

In this photo taken May 26, 2009 Betty Hale, center, instructs a physical education class in a 100-year-old gymnasium at Eberhart Elementary School in Chicago.

Monday, President Obama will push his health care plan to a bunch of doctors. He is hoping to change the way you get health care.

Chicago area gas prices are dancing closer to $3 a gallon after bottoming out last December at almost half that price.

While Gov. Pat Quinn's $26 billion Illinois Jobs Now! capital program is on hold, there are some state road projects that are under way or set to start soon thanks to a "mini" capital-spending package signed into law in April.

Auto seat belt compliance is getting better, but there is still a ways to go. That was the bottom line information provided by the Niles Police Department after a "click it or ticket" enforcement activity this past weekend in the village.

Despite vocal opposition to the plan, the Buffalo Grove village board Tuesday morning voted in favor of off-track betting at Adam's Rib and Ale House, 301 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Modest brick homes fan out along a street in northwest suburban Niles. April Maher pushes a shopping cart through the crowded aisles at Jerry's Fruit and Garden Center on Milwaukee Avenue.

When Gourmet named Alinea the nation's top restaurant, it declared head chef Grant Achatz "is redefining the American restaurant." He didn't earn that distinction without help from some innovative tools.

Lincolnwood Fire Department officials said Tuesday that careless use of smoking materials in a back bedroom caused a May 28 house fire on the 6700 block of North Trumbull Avenue.

At last night's Niles Village Board meeting four village trustees and Mayor Robert Callero took the oath of office, though only three trustees were elected on Apr.