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Skokie Fire Chief Jim Walters showed off the Skokie Fire Department's new truck, in this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, during a special ceremony. The chief announced he will resign at the end of July to accept a job as fire chief in Schaumburg.

Fire chief to step down after 32 years in Skokie Fire Department, accepts top job in Schaumburg

May 15, 2019 at 12:44 p.m.

Less than two years after Jim Walters was sworn in as Skokie's new fire chief, he will leave the village to accept a job as chief in Schaumburg, he said....

Fire chief to step down after 32 years in Skokie Fire Department, accepts top job in Schaumburg

June 3, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

Less than two years after Jim Walters was sworn in as Skokie's new fire chief, he will leave the village to accept a job as chief in Schaumburg, he said....

Skokie is acquiring property that used to be home to Duffy's Cocktail Lounge near the busy intersection of Oakton Street and Lincoln Avenue, pictured in this July 11, 2017 photo, in downtown Skokie. The village also owns the lot on the northwest corner of the intersection and has been looking at redevelopment opportunities there.

Village Board approves purchasing key downtown Skokie property

May 15, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

Skokie will move to purchase property in the heart of downtown as part of future redevelopment or public improvement, under action taken July 6 by the Skokie Village Board. The...

The owner of the Village Inn, show here the night the Cubs won the World Series last year, said if a Cook County minimum wage increase goes into effect in Skokie, he's not sure he will be able to stay in business.

Skokie may reverse course on Cook County minimum wage, sick time laws

May 15, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

Weeks ago, Skokie was poised to become the only municipality in Niles Township not to opt out of new Cook County minimum wage and sick time laws that go into...

Niles Township special ed district plans for increase in satellite classes next year

June 3, 2018 at 11:36 a.m.

When school begins this August at Skokie School District 68, the district will be home to four satellite special education classes, double the number it had only a couple years...

A year after drawing record crowds, it’s pool season in Skokie

May 15, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

Whether the summer of 2017 makes the same record-breaking attendance splash at Skokie's two big pools as last year remains to be seen, said Scott Runkle, risk manager and special...

Chanel Jeon addresses the Skokie Village Board Monday, June 19, 2017 about a new bubble tea business she and her mother plan to open on Golf Road in Skokie. The Skokie Village Board voted to provide a grant for the business through its Commercial Corridor Storefront Enhancement Program.

Skokie grant approved for new bubble tea, waffle business

May 15, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

Chanel Jeon says she fell in love with bubble tea while traveling in Asia, and now she wants to bring that love to Skokie by opening a new store called...

Artist and writer Javaka Steptoe, the recent winner of the Caldecott Medal for best picture book of 2016 for 'Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat," spoke Monday, June 26, 2017, at the Skokie Public Library.

Caldecott Medal winner for best picture book visits Skokie

May 15, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

By his own account, it took illustrator and writer Javaka Steptoe five to six years to complete his multi-award winning picture book on the early life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat....

Tony Riggio, owner of Riggio's restaurant in Niles, talks about the long history of the restaurant Friday, June 2, 2017, which began 65 years ago. The Riggios are closing the restaurant Aug. 27.

Iconic Riggio’s restaurant in Niles set to close 65 years after Chicago opening

November 22, 2019 at 5:34 a.m.

In these final days in the life of the popular Riggio's restaurant in Niles, 84-year-old owner Tony Riggio said he can't help but remember a family breakfast when he was...

Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen serves up some lunch Friday, June 23, 2017 during the grand opening of Real Urban Barbecue in Skokie. The new restaurant continues a trend of busy economic development been seen in the Touhy Corridor on the west end of Skokie.

Regional barbecue chain opens location in Skokie

May 15, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

Skokie welcomed a new addition to village's bustling Touhy Avenue corridor, with a barbecue chain opening in the area Friday. Real Urban Barbecue, the successful local restaurant chain, held a...

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