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Evanston police recover loaded handgun during special deployment patrol

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Evanston police recovered a loaded handgun after investigating suspicious behavior inside a vehicle in the 1700 block of Emerson Street during a special patrol deployment in the area. Police were...

Rising water could prevent Evanston dog beach from opening this season

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Rising Lake Michigan water levels have prompted Evanston officials to push back the opening of the city's dog beach, and have placed a question mark on whether the area will...

Evanston home badly damaged by attic fire

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Evanston Fire Department investigators were trying to determine the cause of a fire Friday afternoon that broke out in the attic area of a home on the 2300 block of...

Evanston police intensify patrols after Rogers Park shooting

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Evanston police intensified patrols along Howard Street Thursday night following the fatal shooting in Rogers Park Wednesday afternoon of an 18-year-old with strong ties in the Evanston community. Police announced...

Traffic is heavy at the Emerson-Ridge-Green Bay Road intersection one afternoon. City officials are looking at different options on a plan to improve the intersection after bids came in almost $2.5 million more than estimates.

High bids spur reconsideration of Evanston intersection project

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Evanston officials are studying different options after bids for a major transformation of the tricky Emerson-Ridge-Green Bay Road intersection came in nearly $2.5 million over estimates. At the March 21...

"You can't really fix families by just handing out really nice work sheets to kids," said Lonnie Wilson, spokesperson for the Committee for Community Developmental Change. He said local minority contractors have been shut out on bids for major jobs on Youth Opportunity United's new building going up on Church Street.

Evanston youth center project draws protesters

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

As Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) begins construction on a new building across from Evanston Township High School, some community members are protesting what they say is a lack of...

Shoppers peruse products at the Farmers Market in Evanston in May of 2015.

City backs off plan to exclude farmers market bakers from outside Evanston

May 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Evanston will back off plans to exclude non-Evanston bakers from its 2016 farmers market, city officials said in an email Tuesday, while continuing to evaluate whether the rule should be...

US Bank in Evanston robbed

May 12, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

A man presented a note and walked away with just under $3,000 in cash in a bank robbery at US Bank, 1325 W. Howard Street Friday afternoon, Evanston police said....

Members of Evanston's Library Board on Wednesday, March 16, voted to rescind a bylaw that limited members to two three-year terms.

Library board votes to lift term limits

May 12, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

Members of the city's Library Board voted last week to rescind a bylaw which limited their service to two three-year terms, citing the benefit of having members with greater knowledge...

Evanston Deputy Fire Chief Brian Scott (left) and Fire Chief Greg Klaiber chat with Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl following her State of the City address in the Hilton Orrington ballroom on Friday.

Mayor’s State of the City cites gains in jobs for youth, other accomplishments

May 12, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl cited the progress the city is making on the youth job front, combating climate change, and singled out the programs and individuals who make the city special....

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