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Niles North High School, 9800 Lawler Avenue, Skokie.

Niles North High School students stage classroom walkout

May 15, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

Niles Township High School District 219 officials would not immediately confirm why a group of students walked out of their Niles North High classrooms for a short period on Friday....

As part of a special brunch in honor of area Holocaust survivors, survivors helped contribute to an unfinished Torah from the time of the Holocaust. The brunch was held April 25, 2017, at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie.

Holocaust survivors add to 70-year-old sacred Torah scroll during special brunch

May 15, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

Dozens of Holocaust survivors stepped in front of a refurbished, incomplete Torah scroll Tuesday and helped write on it a little bit more so that some day it could be...

Jon Lahn of Americans in Solidarity - Chicago talks about a proposed welcoming ordinance for Morton Grove at a Monday, April 24, 2017 town hall meeting on the topic. Dozens of Morton Grove residents and non-residents spoke for well over two hours, with some for and others against the village adopting such legislation.

No consensus: Speakers at Morton Grove forum differ on town adopting sanctuary ordinance

May 9, 2019 at 1:12 p.m.

If the Morton Grove Village Board were looking for community consensus over whether to adopt a welcoming community ordinance, its packed town hall meeting Monday did not provide much help....

Skokie Park District plans overhaul of its website

May 15, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

The Skokie Park District will revamp its website after the park board approved last week hiring a web developer to perform the job. Website designer and hosting company Americaneagle.com was...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65, unions continue to negotiate new contracts

May 15, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

A few weeks after election day when voters overwhelmingly approved a tax hike for Evanston/Skokie School District 65, nearly 200 union employees continue to work without a new contract as...

Niles, CEDA renew agreement to continue free services to those in need

May 9, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

The Niles village board recently approved authorizing a memorandum of understanding between the village and a nonprofit community services agency that will continue to provide free on-site services for residents...

Judge Shelley Sutker-Dermer, left, swears in her sister, Skokie village Trustee Edie-Sue Sutker Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at a village board meeting attended by friends, families and supporters. All members of the Skokie village board ran unopposed during the Tuesday, April 4, 2017 general election.

New term begins for Skokie Village Board members

May 15, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

The new Skokie village board looks identical to the old one, with all incumbent members sworn-in April 19 at Skokie Village Hall. The mayor, six trustees and the village clerk,...

The Skokie Park Board unanimously approved design plans for a new facility for its maintenance department at the board's April 18, 2017, meeting. Mark Bushhouse, pictured, president of Itasca-based Williams Architects, went over the plans.

Skokie park leaders sign off on new maintenance facility design plan

May 15, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

The Skokie Park District finally has a design plan for a new park services maintenance facility to be built at 7500 Frontage Road. After the Park District purchased the property...

A lighting candle ceremony performed by Holocaust survivors and descendants, as seen here in this 2015 file photo, is often the highlight of an annual Holocaust memorial service held at Skokie Valley Augudath Jacob Synagogue in Skokie. This year's ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, April 23.

Annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony to be held Sunday in Skokie

May 15, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

A Skokie synagogue will hold its annual Holocaust memorial observance Sunday, with a bevy of speaks scheduled, including a grandchild of survivors who will pay tribute to the contributions that...

Two students from Oliver McCracken Middle School in Skokie were arrested Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in connection with what police say was a plan to commit a shooting at the school.

Skokie student reported possibly being target of middle school shooting plot: police

May 15, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

An Oliver McCracken Middle School student who believed he or she was possibly the target of a planned school shooting by two other students reported the incident to school personnel,...

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