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Ann Craig, pictured Nov. 19, 2025 at a Niles Public Works Department facility in Niles, is executive director of Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy and Career Tech High School in Des Plaines. The special education school has a new partnership with the village of Niles. (Talia Sprague /for Pioneer Press)

Niles partnership with Walsh Academy special ed school helping students learn the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of vocations

December 16, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

On a Wednesday in November, Niles Public Works Department mechanic Joe Pacelli and Michael Flournoy, a special education student at a Des Plaines school, raised the hood on a village...

Liam Jarek,4, hugs Santa and tells him what he wants for Christmas during the village of Norridge annual holiday tree lighting event Nov. 29, 2025 at Village Hall in Norridge. (James C. Svehla/for Pioneer Press)

Santa has arrived for the season, greeting kids in the north suburbs and spreading holiday cheer

December 11, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Amid cold temperatures and rounds of snowfalls, Santa and Mrs. Claus made their way to town in several north suburban towns in recent days, frolicking with families, kicking off holiday...

An early morning blaze destroyed apartments in a building in the 8200 block of Dempster Street in Niles. (Courtesy Niles Fire Department)

Several families displaced but no injuries reported after fire ravages Niles apartment building

December 11, 2025 at 2:49 p.m.

Several families were displaced when an early morning fire tore through the upper floors of a three-story residential building in Niles, according to fire officials. In a Niles Police Department...

Businesses along Main Street in downtown Hobart advertise Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30, 2024. It will again be celebrated on Nov. 29, 2025. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Letters to the Editor: Shop small businesses this holiday season

November 26, 2025 at 6:07 a.m.

This holiday season, will you shop at one of the 33.2 million small businesses that make up 99% of all businesses in the U.S? Up and down rural main streets...

Ella Whitehead, of Skokie, an Oakton College administrator and a leader and volunteer in many local nonprofit and community organizations, was honored with the President's Award by the NAACP Evanston/North Shore on Nov. 15, 2025. (Oakton College)

NAACP honors Oakton administrator, of Skokie, with President’s award

November 25, 2025 at 5:40 a.m.

NAACP Evanston/North Shore honors Oakton administrator Ella Whitehead, of Skokie, with President's award for advancing opportunities.

Santa Claus says hello on Dec. 9, 2022 during the Purple Line appearance of the Allstate CTA Holiday Train between the Howard station to Linden in Wilmette. (Pioneer Press)

Christmas, holiday events in Skokie, Evanston, Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook, Glencoe, Winnetka

November 21, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

Enjoy Christmas and holiday 2025 events in Skokie, Evanston, Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook, Glencoe and Winnetka.

Glenview Police Department. (Alexandra Kukulka / Pioneer Press)

Skokie man struck, killed in Glenview while crossing Milwaukee Avenue

November 21, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

A 72-year-old man was struck and killed in Glenview while crossing Milwaukee Avenue Nov. 20, 2025.

Cathy Crawford, of Morton Grove, was among the demonstrators outside Morton Grove Village Hall Nov. 12, 2025 in Morton Grove, with Indivisible Skokie Morton Grove Lincolnwood, protesting federal immigration enforcement activities. (Brian O’Mahoney/for Pioneer Press)

Activists rally outside Morton Grove board meeting, calling for ICE-free rules in town. Mayor Witko says they would only be ‘symbolic.’

November 18, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

A crowd estimated in the dozens gathered outside Village Hall in Morton Grove Wednesday – ahead of the Village Board meeting — for a rally where demonstrators hoped to urge...

Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce holding Bliss Holiday Market on November 20

November 11, 2025 at 11:36 a.m.

The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce is kicking off the holiday season at the Bliss Holiday Market on Thursday, November 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Avante Banquets,...

The Park Ridge Park District has a number of St. Patrick's Day events planned for 2025, including "The Leprechaun Hunt" March 12 and March 13 in Park Ridge.

Burglars yell ‘fire’ in attempted home invasion in Park Ridge, police say

November 6, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

The Park Ridge police is investigating after two men reportedly broke into a home Tuesday night and used a “there’s a fire” ruse to try and get the residents to...

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