Niles News

The new Meijer store under construction on Golf Road west of Greenwood Avenue in Niles will open sometime in January or February, according to a company spokesman.

Niles' finest were awarded medals for valor and outstanding achievement at the Second Annual Police Awards Luncheon held Monday, Nov.

Village Manager George Van Geem expects this year's International Taste of Niles to be as successful as in the past.

An allegedly drunken motorist from Niles is in police custody at an Evanston hospital after reportedly stealing a station wagon and plowing into a tree so hard it uprooted and came to rest 12 feet away early Wednesday in Chicago, police said.

Four people were charged Thursday in connection with a prostitution investigation at a Niles hotel, according to police.

The good financial news for Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 is that it currently is in excellent financial condition.

For the fifth time, former Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase has been given a new sentencing date.

Residents with leaves blanketing their lawns have only a few more weeks until Niles' free leaf removal service ends.

The home of a police boss possibly third in line to Supt. Jody Weis was burglarized Monday on the Far Northwest Side and police believe it may be linked to a pattern in nearby Niles or Park Ridge.

Riggio's is a cozy neighborhood restaurant on the edge of Niles and Park Ridge and is often frequented by local diners.

The Milwaukee Avenue Beautification Project in Niles was supposed to be completed this month but will be delayed an additional six months by the Illinois Dept.

The entire system of government in the village of Niles was thrown into upheaval last week when it was revealed that, for the past 47 years, the village has mistakenly operated under the assumption that it was a managerial form of government rather than an administrative form.

Crime dropped by 3.3% in Niles from 2007 to 2008. Crime was down in every category in Niles except a very small increase in aggravated assault and battery cases, according to State of Illinois crime statistics comparing 2007 and 2008.

A Westchester man has been charged with murdering a Niles man who was shot dead Wednesday in west suburban Stone Park.

The summer of 2010 is going to be one of the busiest, construction-wise, in Park Ridge-Niles School District 64's recent history.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 educators measure student learning and progress in 10 ways.

As President Obama declared the H1N1 flu pandemic a national emergency, Niles Elementary School Dist.

Area residents were invited last week to bring their families and friends to experience the frightening creatures of the Niles Teen Center's eighth annual Haunted Garage, according to a news release.

Faith Lutheran Church, 6201 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, features a Crafters Boutique, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct.

The great outdoors has become the newest frontier for culinary construction, which can include everything, even the kitchen sink.