Lincolnwood News

These items are from Niles Police Department incident reports. The Niles Journal publishes this police blotter every Wednesday.

The past week has been a whirlwind of memories and congratulations for Mark Friedman, who on Friday concluded a long run at the helm of Libertyville Elementary District 70.

A record turn out of more than 320 guests attended ORT America's Lunch with a View: Jewish Roots in Faraway Lands on April 26 at Bryn Mawr Country Club in Lincolnwood.

Records show Rod Blagojevich directed his staff to write a "very special letter of recommendation" in 2003 for the son of a friend and donor who was applying to the University of Illinois.

Non-emergency phone lines are down at Lincolnwood's village hall and police department.

A Colt Army Special revolver used by East Chicago Police Capt. Timothy A. O'Neil to fatally shoot John Dillinger could be yours for what auctioneers say may be much more than their conservative $8,000 to $12,000 estimate.

Two men have been indicted on one count of armed robbery each and another Chicago man has pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery in connection with an armed robbery of nearly four years ago at the Bank of Lincolnwood, 8047 Skokie Blvd.

Saturday, June 13, 2009 From http://www.infowars.com/financial-bailout-plan-keeps-zombie-banks-alive/ Financial Bailout Plan Keeps Zombie Banks Alive Text size Bob Chapman International Forecaster June 12, 2009 On Friday, we had the latest edition of the FDIC "Friday Night Financial Follies" as regulators on Friday shut down Bank of Lincolnwood, a ...

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the District 65 Board of Education is at 7 p.m. Monday in the Joseph E. Hill Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Ave.

It's not too late to register a child or children for Evanston's Safety Town program.

Lincolnwood business and municipal officials said Friday they weren't concerned at the shutdown of the Bank of Lincolnwood, 4433 W. Touhy Ave., expressing confidence that the banks federally insured assets were safe.

Bank of Lincolnwood was shut down by state regulators Friday after after failing to sway a Cook County Judge from being taken over by the FDIC.

Illinois Assistant Attorney General Diane Moshman told Judge Sophia Hall, who denied the banka TMs request for ...

A "Welcome Spring" lawn ornament was stolen from a yard in the 400 block of Warren Avenue.

Lincolnwood Fire Department officials said Tuesday that careless use of smoking materials in a back bedroom caused a May 28 house fire on the 6700 block of North Trumbull Avenue.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Skokie and Lincolnwood Police Departments.

The Dunkin' Donuts Cop on a Rooftop for Special Olympics will begin at 5 a.m. May 22 at more than 98 locations.

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Education will take place at 7 p.m. on May 18 at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Avenue, Evanston.

A lavishly renovated Lake Forest home atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, formerly priced at $11.495 million, is the subject of a May 5th "foreclosure pending" filing by its bank.

A Chicago developer and political campaign contributor pleaded guilty today in federal court to acting as a go-between in a bribe-for-permits scheme.