Niles News

Citing a new set of sexual abuse charges, a Cook County judge Thursday nixed probation and sentenced Eduardo Patino to three years in prison for the 2012 molestation of a 15-year-old Wheeling girl he met on Facebook.

Morton Grove The American Legion Morton Grove Post 134 will hold its Memorial Day ceremony at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 26 outside the American Legion Memorial Civic Center , 6140 Dempster, to be followed by a parade.

Italian restaurant Rossini di Lucca is now open for business in Palatine, just in time for the upcoming holiday weekend.

As Niles trustees held a special meeting Monday to set guidelines for hiring a liquor commissioner, Village Attorney Joseph Annunzio mentioned that he attended a party recently and several attorneys chatted him up.

Cooler temperatures this Memorial Day weekend may hinder the plans of pool-goers in Morton Grove and Niles.

John Jekot, a 14-year member of the East Maine School District 63 board, is moving on.

The Niles Fire Department is investigating the cause of a Saturday fire which demolished a garage in the 7900 block of Park Avenue, near Wisner.

More than 660 students received degrees and certificates at Oakton Community College' s 42nd Annual Commencement, held May 14, at the College's Des Plaines campus.

The Niles board of trustees room was filled to capacity May 14 as Mayor Andrew Przybylo and Trustees George Alpogianis, Danette Matyas and John Jekot were sworn in.

The College of Lake County has put a hold on a paving contract after the Lake County News-Sun learned that the top bidder for the project is under indictment in Cook County.

The following is a letter to the editor from Park Ridge Police Chief Frank Kaminski, Des Plaines Police Chief William Kushner and Niles Police Chief Dean Strzelecki.

Park Ridge residents and community groups gathered with elected officials and members of law enforcement to honor police killed in the line of duty on the steps of city hall on Monday.

Members of many law enforcement agencies including state and local police gathered with community members to honor those killed in the line of duty in Park Ridge on Monday.

The U.S. Senate has passed, 69-27, the Internet Sales Tax bill, which would require online businesses to collect the sames sales taxes as their brick-and-mortar counterparts, according to congress.org. The bill now moves to the Republican-controlled U.S. House, where it would need to pass in order to become law, according to cnn.com. Niles Chamber ... (more)

On May 14, Mayor Robert Callero and Trustees Louella Preston and Jim Hynes will be stepping down from Niles government, and the remaining village board members took the opportunity to salute them at the last village board meeting April 23.

Niles police investigated, and have charged the offender in, a theft operation in which a Niles man is charged with taking chainsaws, worth about $1,000 each, from a Williamstown, Mich.

Jozef Komosa, 66, of the 7700 block of Dempster in Morton Grove, was charged with crimes in three separate incidents from about 11:30 p.m. May 4 to about 3:30 p.m. May 5. In the first incident, Komosa was charged with 10 counts of criminal damage to property at about 11:30 p.m. May 4. Niles police answered a call to find two men holding Komosa on ... (more)

The Village of Niles and City of Park Ridge passed on the following information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

A Buffalo Grove resident reported someone moved several items around her backyard but had no idea who moved the items.

What's that in this grocery store parking lot? Oh you know, just a pair of Porsche 918 Spyders .