Skokie News

Surviving genocide brought them together. Born nearly 20 years apart and in different parts of the world, they bonded when they met; they felt a connection having experienced what no human being should, experiences that left each of them with the urgent need to proclaim now and forever, and to all who will listen: "Never again." Sam Harris, now 74, ...

A 49-year-old Edison Park woman taken into custody Thursday following the stabbing death of her boyfriend in her condominium was released Friday without being charged, said an officer with the Police Department's Office of News Affairs.

The bank robber dubbed "Bullet Proof Bandit" has struck again. The robbery occurred today at the Edens Bank, 5256 Dempster, Skokie, Illinois, around 9:30 a.m. A lone white male, armed with a gun, walked into the bank and announced a robbery.

Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009. There are 182 days left in the year.

The "Bulletproof Bandit," a robber who has struck at least four times now at banks on the North Side and northern suburbs, has struck again.

"Have you ever seen anything uglier than that?" The neighbor who lives near vacant property that used to be home to the historic Skokie Lanes bowling alley wasn't expecting an answer.

Back in the mid-1970s, a group of neo-Nazis applied for a parade permit in Skokie, Ill., a Chicago suburb with a sizable Jewish population and one in which one in every six Jewish residents was a Holocaust survivor.

This is one of two times per year during which the entire store is 50% off - " suits, dresses, shoes, bags...you name it! Sadly the nearest Chicago Zara is in Skokie: 66 Old Orchard Center Skokie, IL 60077 847.329.0808 A full list of stores is available at zara.com/Store Finder

Just as the state's operating budget is in limbo with five days left in the fiscal year, many substantive bills were left in the lurch at the end of the regularly scheduled spring session.

Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009. There are 182 days left in the year.

Evanston fire investigators are working to determine whether construction was the cause of a fire that broke out Monday afternoon near the building of Evanston Hospital's Kellogg Cancer Care Center, resulting in evacuation of some of the hospital's patients from the adjacent existing building.

Cook County prosecutors said Northbrook resident Hyungseok Henry Koh admitted on videotape he slit his son's throat with a kitchen knife in the April 16 alleged slaying.

Police in several suburbs have a reminder for people visiting cemeteries: don't leave your belongings in unlocked cars.

Mary Lacey suffered 48 stab wounds, three bullets and repeated blunt force trauma before she died Dec.

Evanston Subaru announced today that it is in the process of relocating to Skokie and will be open in July.

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.

Finding the person who allegedly stole a diamond ring from a Wilmette home May 30 proved a lot easier than finding the ring.

Barrington police have charged a registered child sex offender with exposing himself to several young girls at a public swimming pool last month.

A June 26 arraignment date was set Thursday for a Texas man indicted in a 2001 murder in Chicago.

In this photo taken on Monday, April 13, 2009, the exterior of the new Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie, Ill.