Skokie News

Yes, the distinguished graduates poured syrup on the freshman lockers at Naperville North.

For sixty years the 1.5-mile stretch on Lake St. between Ashland and Clinton has been a public transit dead zone.A Buses ran only on surrounding streets and the original station at Morgan was demolished in 1948.A This transit isolation was frustrating to local residents who could not efficiently access this portion of the West Loop, and development ... (more)

In the late 1930's groups of German Jewish refugees fled Europe as it was on the brink of the Holocaust and came to Chicago.

CHICAGO - A Skokie woman is suing Cook County, claiming a sheriff's deputy violated her right to breastfeed by demanding she move from a courthouse lobby to a public bathroom - a request she says was not only illegal, but "degrading." Natalie Petrovic, a first-time mom who lives in Skokie, filed the suit Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court ... (more)

When Phil DeNapoli enrolled in the Skokie Police's popular Citizen's Police Academy a short time ago, he had reasons for doing so that were different from his classmates.

First Bank & Trust Branch Manager LuAnn Stempel appears outside the eco-friendly Dempster Street bank branch building.

Dozens of devoted Kerry Wood fans, paid homage to the retired Cubby during a special visit to Barnes and Noble Tuesday night.

A Lorenzo Albino-Camilo, 21, of North Drake Avenue, Chicago, was charged May 22 at 4:40 p.m. with driving without a license after police said they observed him driving 50 mph in a 35 mph zone in the 6900 block of Caldwell.

Following the death of Carter Vo , Skokie residents have again taken up a petition to make crosswalks around Middleton School safer.

Theft from auto A car parked in the 4400 block of Emerson Street was reported burglarized on May 19.

Walter the goldendoodle is like Norm on the old TV show "Cheers." When he walks into Alden North Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, everyone knows, and often calls, his name.

Deceptive practice A man reported that an unknown person used his identity to purchase a car from Sherman Dodge in Skokie on May 17.

Memorial Day is a time to bring the family together to honor our country's veterans.

Two fires broke out late Friday night in the 8200 and 8500 blocks of Keeler Avenue, according to a Skokie Fire Department official.

Well it's supposed to be mighty warm this weekend- not warm enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk but just hot enough to make it uncomfortable if you're going to be outside for a period of time.

Votes are in, and readers have elected Village Creamery as their ice cream hot spot.

Skokie Woman Charged In Fatal Crash A 23-year-old Skokie woman was charged in the crash that killed an 8-year-old boy , according to a police statement released Wednesday.

The Distict 69 community will come together June 3 to host a memorial bike ride for Carter Vo, the eight-year-old Madison School student who was killed in an accident .

Chicago without the Wrigley Building . Paris sans the Eiffel Tower. Skokie without Kaufman's Deli .

A Gerald Payne, 48, of West 87th Street, Chicago, was charged with Class 3 felony retail theft regarding a lawnmower.