Skokie News

Skokie Criminal charges have been filed against Rayshawn Taylor, 17 , of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue in Evanston, in connection with a shooting that took place outside Old Orchard Mall near the intersection of Golf Road and Skokie Boulevard.

Ask Rabbi Allan David Kensky about what he thinks his role is as leader of Wilmette's Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah, and he won't define it in terms of a job.

Illinois ANCA Hosts Conference on Armenian, Assyrian And Greek Genocides http://asbarez.com/110234/illinois-anca-hosts-conference-on-armenian-assyrian-and-greek-genocides/ Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 Participants in the International Conference on the Ottoman Turkish Genocides of Anatolian Christians SKOKIE, Ill.

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Five new stores are expected to open in the near future at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, including yoga apparel store Lululemon and footwear store Vans, Skokie Review reported.

A stranger approached three District 65 students as they were walking near Crain Street and Kimball Avenue in Skokie, according to an e-mail sent to parents by Supt.

Twenty-two sets of twins gather Wednesday at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, which is working to document its tally of twins for Guinness World Records.

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.

A 24-year-old Itasca man reported that he parked his 1997 Honda sedan in the parking lot of an outlot restaurant in the 9100 block of Golf Road on May 16 around 11 p.m., and when he came out, it was gone.

Plans to use the hotel as part of a $20 million mixed-use development have been spiked, after the hotel owners announced Tuesday a decision to demolish the colorful building and start fresh with plans for a larger mixed-use development.

Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to introduce community college and high school students to nanotechnology and potential careers in the field , Evanston Now reported.

Skokie School District 68 is putting the former Sharp Corner Elementary School site on the market but is also open to renting the property at Skokie Boulevard and Gross Point Road , Skokie Review reported.

Criminal charges have been filed against Rayshawn Taylor, 17 , of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue in Evanston, in connection with a shooting that took place outside Old Orchard Mall near the intersection of Golf Road and Skokie Boulevard.

Rayshawn Taylor, 17, of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue in Evanston, was charged with one count each of aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon, according to Skokie police.

Skokie independent filmmaker Shaiking Mathis, 26, A­is working on a documentary about Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, whose gang-related death became national news , Evanston Review reported.

Older, traditional food stamps are displayed June 24, 2004 at an Illinois Department of Human Services office in Skokie, Illinois.

I'm sitting in a dimly lit recording booth, about the size of an elevator, at a small table opposite my friend Brenna.

"In the end," says curator Louis Levine of his latest exhibit, dedicated to the life of the poet Hannah Senesh, "this is not a Holocaust story.

The following arrests and incidents were reported by the Evanston Police Department : Gunfire Reported On Grey Avenue Police investigated a report that someone fired a gun in the 1700 block of Grey Avenue at 10:14 p.m. Friday, May 17, according to police.

Shaiking Mathis, 26, an independent filmmaker from Skokie and the eldest of seven children raised on the South Side of Chicago, says, "My sole purpose is to influence the youth, everyone around me, and share my vision with the world through film.