The Latest Breaking News from Skokie

The Nazi-Skokie Controversy

In 1977, a planned neo-Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois set off one of history's most contentious debates about the limits of free speech.

Reason · Sep 22

Illinois Woman Claimed ICE Detained Her. Sheriff Says it's a Hoax and Has Proof She Was in a Hotel

Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt has personally filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, a 28-year-old Skokie woman who claimed she was detained by ICE for two days in March.

International Business Times UK · Apr 13

Chicago Public Defender's Claim Over Displaying Photo with Israeli Flag and Gun Can Go Forward

Office leadership allegedly "told Gassman's supervisors that the photo was 'comparable to a Nazi swastika.'"

Reason · Mar 21, 2025

Big Chicago contingent at March for Israel rally in Washington

Chicago native Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin is held by Hamas, spoke at the rally. ‘We hostage families have lived the last 39 days in slow motion torment.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

Jewish community in Skokie raises fears after Israeli yard signs stolen, torn up

Multiple houses on several blocks were targeted overnight with their pro-Israel signs vandalized and stolen.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 3, 2023

Hate crime, aggravated battery charges filed after crowd maced at pro-Palestinian protest outside Israeli solidarity event in Skokie

Zevulen Ebert, 33, was charged after he allegedly sprayed mace into a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters Sunday in Skokie.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2023

No charges for man who fired gun in the air near pro-Palestinian protesters in Skokie

Prosecutors said the 39-year-old man, who they declined to name, had no criminal history and acted in self-defense.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2023

Shot fired, crowd maced at pro-Palestinian protest outside Israeli solidarity event in Skokie

The melee unfolded when protesters demonstrated outside an event called to show solidarity with Israel at a banquet hall in Skokie near the border with Lincolnwood Sunday evening. In addition to protestors, a Chicago police officer and a Sun-Times reporter were hit by pepper spray.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 23, 2023

No credible threat following conversation between Skokie students about bomb and synagogue: cops

Two Niles North students talking online sparked a police investigation that was unfounded, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

Skokie man accused of making bomb threats in northern suburbs

Jacob Spiro, 23, is accused of making bomb and violent threats in Glenview, Morton Grove, Niles and Skokie.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 12, 2023