Lisa Cisneros

West Leyden High School National AP Scholar winner, Osbaldo Porrua, 17, from left, stands alongside West Leyden High School AP Scholar with Distinction winners, Nathan Agoncillo, 17, and Adrian Lechuga, 17.

Leyden students receive AP, Special Olympics awards

September 17, 2019 at 2:23 a.m.

Top students who performed well on the Advanced Placement exam and students who participated in Special Olympics got plenty of applause at Leyden High School District 212's Sept. 12 school...

A person uses the Ring smartphone app to view an image from a camera at their home. Several police departments in the Chicago area are partnering with Ring. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Police partner with Ring doorbell alarms for crime-fighting video footage, but concerns raised about creating climate of suspicion

September 9, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

The Lincolnwood, Skokie and Morton Grove police departments are among more than 400 police forces across the country that are tapping into video footage and information provided by Ring home...

A Chick-Fil-A restaurant is being constructed on Touhy Avenue in Niles.

New Niles Chick-Fil-A stirs interest by staging free-meals campout before opening

September 16, 2019 at 6:52 p.m.

Niles residents may want to dust off their sleeping bags in anticipation of the First 100 12-Hour Campout Giveaway hosted by the Chick-fil-A restaurant set to open in mid-October in...

Patricia Makishima is the new principal at West Leyden High School.

Leyden principal gets to know students, sets goals

September 9, 2019 at 6:20 p.m.

Tell Patricia Makishima your favorite food and she'll remember your name. "My goal is to learn five names a week," said Makishima, West Leyden High School's new principal. "Somebody taught...

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