Skokie News

Three Republicans will face off Feb. 2 to determine who challenges Democrat Daniel Biss for the 17th Illinois House seat.

A Skokie teenager serving a prison sentence on drug charges robbed a Park Ridge bank last year while dressed in women's clothing, authorities suspect.

Teens find small town life dull until Ren arrives in "Footloose," at Devonshire Playhouse Youth Theatre, 4400 Greenwood, Skokie, 7 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, through Nov.

No Democratic rivals have stepped forward to challenge U.S. Rep. Janice Schakowsky of Evanston for the privilege of representing the 9th Congressional District, but there's no shortage of candidates eager to take on Schakowsky a year from now.

Share + Nov 1, 2009 7:11 pm US/Central Reporting Vince Gerasole It's a taxing weekend for Cook County home owners.

Every November, dance aficionados head to Chicago for the city's month-long boogie festival, Dance Chicago to see everything from ballroom to ballet to clogging to hip-hop. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Dance Chicago, and while you can expect some good dancing, the fest is changing it up this year.

The William Leonard Public Library District in the impoverished south of Chicago suburb Robbins, IL, remains open, and should do so through November, but "every day is a struggle," says administrator Priscilla Coatney.

U.S. Rep. Janice Schakowsky dropped her bid for a possible U.S. Senate run in June and decided instead to seek re-election to a seventh term representing the 9th Congressional District.

The Cook County Medical Examinier's office ruled that the death of a Skokie man working in Park Ridge was accidental.

A former Wilmette resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated criminal sexual abuse in a Skokie courtroom and was sentenced to three years in prison.

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This season marks the 15th anniversary of that monthlong smorgasbord known as Dance Chicago.

Mickey Mouse stars in the Disney Live! Rockin' Road Show, opening tonight at the Rosemont Theatre.

Three people were injured when a car driven by an 85-year-old man plowed through the window wall of a store in the Wilmette Commons strip mall, on the Wilmette-Skokie border.

A Skokie man died Tuesday after an accident with sewer equipment in Park Ridge. Joseph Patyk, 32, of 821 Lawndale Ave.

Metropolitan Opera National Council, Central Region, will hold its Audition Finals at 2 p.m. on Nov.

A new resurfacing project along beaten-up Main Street will begin next spring and be funded mostly through President Barack Obama's federal stimulus plan.

A north suburban defense contractor has agreed to pay the United States a $2.5 million criminal fine and an additional $22.5 million civil judgment to settle federal allegations that it overcharged the government in a series of military contracts extending over a decade, ending in 2005.

A Skokie, Ill., man who has finished his quest to work 50 jobs in 50 states said his hardest task was making cheese in Wisconsin.

A community group opposed to the CTA's original plan to extend the Yellow Line to a terminus in the parking lot at Niles North High School now officially opposes any rail expansion to the Old Orchard area.