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Police: Man accused of threatening Morton Grove store clerk over lottery tickets

February 8, 2022 at 2:42 p.m.

A Morton Grove convenience store clerk told police a customer threatened to kill him over a disagreement about lottery tickets last month. According to police, the alleged incident occurred at...

Centennial Fitness Center, 1515 W. Touhy Ave. in Park Ridge.

Park Ridge Park District staff dealing with problematic, ‘disrespectful’ teens using fitness center, officials say

February 8, 2022 at 1:06 a.m.

The Park Ridge Park District is looking for solutions to an ongoing problem involving unruly and disrespectful teens using a popular park district facility. That was the word from park...

Students arrive at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge on Jan. 19, 2021.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 to consider ‘optional’ mask wearing, other school districts keep mitigations in place

February 7, 2022 at 12:33 p.m.

Members of the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education are scheduled to meet tonight to consider lifting COVID-19 mitigations — including required mask-wearing — for students and staff....

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 headquarters, 164 S. Prospect Ave.

Costs rise $13 million higher than expected in Park Ridge-Niles District 64; School Board votes to charge tuition for full-day kindergarten

February 7, 2022 at 9:34 p.m.

Families will pay tuition if they choose to enroll their children in full-day kindergarten next fall in Park Ridge-Niles School District 64, while school officials grapple with construction costs that...

Rise, the sole recreational marijuana dispensary in Niles so far, is located at 9621 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Niles looks to expand where recreational marijuana businesses may operate

February 8, 2022 at 3:41 p.m.

The village of Niles is looking to expand where potential marijuana dispensaries can operate within the community. The Niles Planning and Zoning Board has been asked to consider changes to...

Village of Niles welcome sign, Milwaukee and Albion Avenues.

‘It’s not the Niles that we know:’ Mayor, Jewish leaders respond to arrest of Niles resident on hate crime charges in Chicago

February 3, 2022 at 2:25 p.m.

The mayor of Niles and leaders of a local synagogue are responding to the arrest of a Niles man accused of hate crimes against a Jewish community in Chicago's West...

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Police: Man accused of threatening Morton Grove store clerk over lottery tickets

Park Ridge Park District staff dealing with problematic, ‘disrespectful’ teens using fitness center, officials say

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 to consider ‘optional’ mask wearing, other school districts keep mitigations in place

Costs rise $13 million higher than expected in Park Ridge-Niles District 64; School Board votes to charge tuition for full-day kindergarten

Niles looks to expand where recreational marijuana businesses may operate

‘It’s not the Niles that we know:’ Mayor, Jewish leaders respond to arrest of Niles resident on hate crime charges in Chicago

Morton Grove purchases license plate readers to aid in police investigations, identify stolen cars

Police: Man claiming to be city worker forces way into Park Ridge home, steals rings off woman’s fingers

Police: Park Ridge school district employee punched by man stealing catalytic converters

Man charged last year with 1992 murder at Niles Leaning Tower YMCA dies awaiting trial