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In a partnership with the City of Evanston and Nonprofit Community Partners for Affordable Housing, Evanston Township High School students built a home to be sold for an affordable price and movers moved the home on Monday to McDaniel Avenue. The two-story home was built onsite at Evanston Township throughout the 2023-2024 school year. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

Evanston Township High School constructs, moves ninth affordable home

September 13, 2024 at 2:15 p.m.

Curious neighbors, high school administrators, and city representatives looked on with excitement as they took video and photos of new housing stock that arrived by the truckload on McDaniel Avenue...

Skokie moves to dismiss gender discrimination suit filed by police sergeant

September 13, 2024 at 10:14 a.m.

The village of Skokie and three high-ranking Skokie police officers were sued by a police sergeant for gender discrimination in June. The suit’s initial hearing date was pushed back to...

A candlelight vigil was held by the Tibetan community in Evanston on Sep. 9, 2024 as part of its continued search for missing Skokie woman Tsering "Dolma" Wangyal. Dolma was last seen on July 15 in Evanston, according to Skokie police. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

Tibetan community holds vigil for missing Skokie woman, 82

September 10, 2024 at 1:36 p.m.

It’s been eight weeks since Tsering “Dolma” Wangyal, of Skokie, has gone missing, but her family, friends, and the larger Tibetan community in Evanston refuse to end their search for...

Skokie was presented a $45,000 rebate check from ComEd outside of Village Hall on Sep. 3, 2024. From left to right: State Senator Laura Fine, Ilinois Commerce Commission Commissioner Stacey Paradis, Director of Environmental Health Programs at Respiratory Health Association Brian Urbaszewski, Governor J.B. Pritzker, ComEd President and CEO Gil C. Quiniones, Geneva Mayor and Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Executive Board Chairman Kevin R. Burns, Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen and ComEd Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer David R. Perez. (Photo by Rich Cahan courtesy of the Village of Skokie)

ComEd gives Skokie $45,000 in rebates for electric vehicles

September 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

ComEd presented a $45,000 check to the village of Skokie at Village Hall on Tuesday morning. The rebates will help the village purchase six new electric vehicles for the police,...

Michael Gargiulo is seen during a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 28, 2020. A judge sentenced Gargiulo to death after he was found guilty of the home-invasion killings of two women in 2001 and 2005 in southern California. He was to appear in court in Skokie on Friday after authorities sought to bring him to trial in the 1993 slaying of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

Convicted serial killer known as ‘Hollywood Ripper’ to stand trial for 1993 Pacaccio murder

September 6, 2024 at 6:13 p.m.

More than 30 years after 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio's father found her stabbed to death on the family's porch, a convicted serial killer dubbed the "Hollywood ripper" appeared in a Cook...

A 74-year-old Skokie man died at the intersection of Dempster Street and Lehigh in Morton Grove, police said, when he was hit by a vehicle in June 2024 while on a bicycle crossing the street. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

North suburban leaders respond to spike in fatal bike, pedestrian crashes

September 4, 2024 at 10:55 a.m.

A 37-year-old electrician for the CTA, a 74-year-old retired teacher and architect, a 27-year-old Jewel Osco employee getting home from work, an 86-year-old man crossing the street a block away...

A Park Ridge police car.
(Park Ridge Police Dept.)

Park Ridge police: Drone used to spy on woman, road rage battery

September 3, 2024 at 3:58 p.m.

The following items were taken from Park Ridge police reports. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Suspicious circumstance A woman was awoken by a light shining into...

A bounce house festival opened up at Skokie Sports Park on Aug. 31 and will operate until Sep. 8. Management requested that guests buy their tickets online to avoid going to a sold-out session. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

‘World’s Largest Bounce House’ opens in Skokie

September 3, 2024 at 12:16 p.m.

What comes up, must go down is a brief explanation of gravity, and the effects of that will largely be seen at a Skokie park that will be home to...

Courtney Barnett performs at the Out of Space music festival at the Illinois Science and Technology Park in Skokie on Friday, July 26, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Out of Space music festival attracted larger crowds at Skokie venue, boosted businesses

August 30, 2024 at 1:11 p.m.

The tunes of Thee Sacred Souls, Courtney Barnett, and Guster have long left the music festival Out of Space, held in Skokie in late July, but the village's economic development...

Skokie Village Hall, July 6, 2023. (Pioneer Press)

University of Illinois to show Skokie businesses better environmental practices

August 29, 2024 at 3:49 p.m.

Seventeen Skokie businesses have partnered with the village to adopt sustainable practices to reduce operational costs, support economic development in Skokie, and support the village’s Environmental Sustainability plan to reduce greenhouse...

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