Samuel Lisec

Seated before the dais at the start of a May Skokie Village Board meeting, Mayor Ann Tennes acknowledged what she described as a “pattern” of youths using antisemitic language in local parks. Tennes’ remarks were in reference to three antisemitic exchanges that reportedly took place at Skokie parks since Oct. 7, 2025. While only one […]

A year and a half after a man was killed in a hit and run in Skokie, police have announced the arrest of the suspected driver. Skokie police arrested 69-year-old Skokie resident Umeshbhai Parikh on Monday, May 11, at the police station, according to a news release from the Skokie Police Department, and the county […]

Traditional Filipino dances, Russian choir performances, Hawaiian ukulele sets and South Korean martial art demonstrations. Those are just a few examples of the 51 unique showcases planned to take place this weekend during Skokie’s 34th Annual Festival of Cultures. The two-day event — 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, at Oakton […]

Bret Paul has always been an entrepreneur. It’s something he was born to be, he said. He got started by distributing Amway catalogues to family members when he was 19. After getting a business degree, he worked in corporate America but left to start a variety of ventures, including a cellphone store and a senior-care […]

A man was found shot to death in Skokie early Tuesday morning, according to the village’s police department. Skokie police responded at 6:19 a.m. May 19 to the intersection of LaCross Avenue and Grove Street for a report of a person shot, a news alert from the Skokie Police Department said. On scene, officers reportedly […]

Pickleball is here to stay — and in Skokie, it will likely have more room to do so soon. The Skokie Village Board voted unanimously Monday to support revisions to the site plan for Pickledilly, an indoor pickleball facility located at 4919 Main St. The changes, once they gain final board approval, would allow the […]

A man used hateful language to taunt and harass people representing Palestine at Skokie’s Festival of Cultures last weekend, according to a recording viewed by The Record and statements made by Skokie officials. The man’s remarks, which a person recorded on a cellphone and posted on social media, included him saying Palestinians are “people who […]

Over the past four years, Lauren Grodnicki has regularly participated in the public comment portion of Skokie Village Board meetings by using the council chamber’s projector to display a slideshow presentation. The slideshows have featured everything from infrared photos of parking lots to diagrams about the water cycle. They served as a visual aid for […]

The Capital Grille is on its way out of Westfield Old Orchard Mall. Leah Santiago, a communications manager for the high-end steakhouse chain, confirmed in an email to The Record that the restaurant’s last day of business at 4999 Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie will be this Sunday, May 31. “Closing this restaurant is […]

Preserved sheep hearts and cow eyes. Dummies for CPR and vials of fake drugs. Anatomical models of human skeletons, brains, lungs — just about every body p