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Final plans for upgrades to Winnebago Park have been approved by the Skokie Park Board.

Skokie Park Board signs off on plans for Winnebago Park upgrade

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

The Skokie Park District has finalized plans for an upgrade of Winnebago Park, which will also include installation of a security camera, under action taken by the Park Board. After...

Devonshire Elementary School students Monday, Jan. 16, 2016 watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the school's first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

Devonshire School families turn out for first MLK Day of Service

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

Like in previous years, classes were not in session Monday at Devonshire Elementary School in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But this year, dozens of students and their...

Waukegan Road development moves forward after demolition

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

A seven-story residential and commercial building is set to be built on Waukegan Road in Morton Grove now that a long-time existing building there has been torn down, Morton Grove...

Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board Member Richard Rykhus, second from right, expresses his final thoughts at the Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 school board meeting. Elected in 2011, Rykhus resigned from the board, citing family and work commitments.

Rykhus gets fond farewell at final Evanston/Skokie School District 65 meeting

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

The last vote Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board member Richard Rykhus took Tuesday was a big one. He was among school board members who approved placing a $14.5 million tax...

Skokie plan commission backs plans for four-story self storage facility

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

Plans for a four-story 48-feet tall self-storage facility in the 5800 block of Howard Street were recently recommended by the Skokie Plan Commission. "The current use of the site being...

Niles video gambling ordinance tweaked based on demand

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

The village of Niles has tweaked its ordinance allowing local businesses and others to apply for video gambling licenses, but the overall number of licenses will remain the same, according...

Skokie man charged in March 2016 killing of his young son’s mother

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

A Skokie man has been charged with murder and aggravated domestic battery in connection with the March 2016 slaying of a 31-year-old Skokie woman — who was the the mother...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community member Dan Coyne speaks Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 in strong support of a tax hike referendum the district will place on the April ballot. Officials say the referendum is necessary to protect the district against having to make significant cuts.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board approves putting tax referendum on spring ballot

May 15, 2019 at 12:36 p.m.

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 voters will decide in April the fate of a $14.5 million property tax hike referendum that school district officials say is necessary to protect the district...

The Rev. Richard Lanford, pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, in Skokie, believes the church's baptismal font, photographed Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, is from the early 1900s. St. Peter's will celebrate its 150th anniversary with programs and activities scheduled throughout 2017.

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ: Oldest church in Skokie to mark 150 years

May 15, 2019 at 12:35 p.m.

Church leaders said that the 150th anniversary of St. Peter's United Church of Christ was too big to mark with just one celebration, so there will be a yearlong one....

Niles High School teacher Pankaj Sharma, second from right, shared his Golden Apple Award honor with students in April 2016.

Skokie in 2016: A look at some of the newsmakers

May 15, 2019 at 12:35 p.m.

Skokie welcomes new restaurants, retailers Economic development in Skokie in 2016 came down to the pithy cliche of "out with the old and in with the new." The former home...

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