Pam DeFiglio

Pam DeFiglio is a senior content editor focusing on coverage of Chicago's near north suburbs.

Main area of the Lincolnwood Public Library, located at 4000 W Pratt Ave, on Thursday, October 27, 2022. (Victor Hilitski/for the Chicago Tribune)

Taste wines, talk books at Lincolnwood Library event Friday evening

April 17, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.

Lincolnwood Public Library cardholders can enjoy a soiree featuring wine and books Friday evening at at “Literature & Libations: A Book & Wine Tasting” from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Cardholders...

Emergency personnel block the street at the corner of West Howard Street and North Croname Road in Niles after a protest near Woodward Inc. on Feb. 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

33 arrested as Palestinian allies protest outside weapons manufacturer in Niles

February 13, 2024 at 1:28 p.m.

More than 60 police from many departments stood by with rifles and K-9s as a few dozen protesters held signs and chanted outside the Niles offices of Woodward, Inc., which...

Oak Mill Bakery is offering a box of six Valentine Paczki this year, since Valentine's Day falls the day after Paczki Day, otherwise known as Mardi Gras.

Are Valentine Paczki the answer? Bakeries get busy as Mardi Gras, Cupid collide

February 7, 2024 at 9:14 a.m.

The 2024 calendar may go down in history as the enemy of romance. It lists Mardi Gras, better known in Chicago as Paczki Day, on Feb. 13 and Valentine’s Day...

Jasmine Sebaggala, pictured here at the Juneteenth Opening Ceremony in Skokie on June 17, 2022, filed a lawsuit against Awake Illinois Vice President Helen Levinson alleging defamation; a judge dismissed the lawsuit and ordered her to pay the defendant's legal fees. She is appealing that ruling.

Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader

January 12, 2024 at 8:45 p.m.

A Skokie woman who co-founded the group Abolition Coalition to advocate for racial equity is facing a judge's deadline to pay $38,000 in attorney fees for an Awake Illinois leader...

The Shrine of All Saints at St. Martha Church in Morton Grove acquired this relic of St. Juan Diego, to whom Catholics believe Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico in 1531, in December.

Catholic shrine in Morton Grove gains holy relics of Saints Luke and Juan Diego: ‘From the hand that wrote the gospels’

December 23, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

This Christmas, a Morton Grove church is celebrating the arrival of two Catholic holy relics, including one from St. Luke, a key figure in Christianity and author of a gospel...

Glencoe Public Library closed its doors Thursday, Aug. 17 after several nearby libraries received bomb threats. Police arrested a suspect in the case Oct. 9 in Niles.

Police arrest suspect for making dozens of bomb threats to libraries, towns

October 17, 2023 at 9:53 p.m.

Police have arrested a suspect for making numerous bomb threats to public libraries, businesses, suburban governments and at least one police station during approximately the past seven weeks, according to...

The Park Ridge Public Library was among suburban libraries receiving a bomb threat on Aug. 17.

Bomb threats made to north suburban, Lake County public libraries

August 22, 2023 at 6:58 p.m.

Several libraries across the northern suburbs received bomb threats on Aug. 17 and 20, and while police found no bombs, the libraries responded by shutting down in order to calm...

St. Adalbert's Cemetery and Mausoleum, which was founded by Polish and Bohemian/Czech church pastors in 1872, marked its 150th anniversary on All Souls Day, also called Day of the Dead, Nov. 2, 2022.

Column: A cemetery important to Chicago’s Poles celebrates 150 years with tragic, joyful stories

November 6, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

It's a gloriously sunny day in November, but the stone angel's face remains in shadow. She holds a hand to her face, perhaps trying to hide her feelings. A sculptor...

Column: Months after COVID-19, young people worry whether they’ll be able to taste food ever again

December 14, 2020 at 8:45 p.m.

At 19, Greta Verbrick is wondering whether she'll have to go through life without being able to taste food ever again. "I like food, and my favorite foods bring me...

The Mississippi River passes through Galena, Illinois, in August 2020.

Column: Enough doomscrolling. You need some fun, to preserve your mental health

September 21, 2020 at 9:49 p.m.

A bunch of music lovers in the suburbs are grabbing their ukuleles, firing up Zoom and playing together as an online band. Singing, too. The Pioneer Press recently ran a...

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