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Robin Rue Simmons shakes hands with Mayor Steve Hagerty after taking the oath of office as 5th Ward alderman, Monday, May 8, 2017 at Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center in Evanston. Neither Hagerty nor Simmons are seeking reelection after each served one term.

Evanston set for competitive municipal election season as race begins for open mayoral seat, host of aldermanic positions

November 24, 2020 at 1:33 p.m.

Only one aldermanic race is uncontested going into Evanston's 2021 local elections, and three people are vying for mayor after incumbent Steve Hagerty declined to run again. Meanwhile a former...

Instead of catering a gala, Winnetka nonprofit funds Thanksgiving for those in need

November 23, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

After canceling their April fundraising gala due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winnetka Board of the Northwestern University Settlement House had an idea. The group asked the caterers who were...

Chef Q. Ibraheem and sous chef Julia Packer prep Thanksgiving meals on Nov. 19, 2020.

Local chefs have been cooking for those in need since the pandemic began. Now with holidays approaching, donations are down.

November 23, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, Evanston area chefs answered the call to feed those who were suddenly low on money or food as a result of the economic...

Hundreds of people line up in their cars at the COVID-19 mobile testing location at the Arlington International Racecourse on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Arlington Heights.

North suburban hospitals prepare for rising number of COVID-19 patients: ‘It’s climbing minute to minute’

November 17, 2020 at 3:42 p.m.

As area residents deal with the latest surge in new COVID-19 cases, local health care providers and administrators say they are drawing on lessons learned in the spring to help...

A conversation with Erika Storlie, Evanston’s new city manager

November 17, 2020 at 2:48 p.m.

When Erika Storlie started as a web developer for the city of Evanston in 2004, she saw it as an opportunity to be closer to family in Wisconsin, where she...

Evanston offers rent assistance, homeless aid as COVID-19 cases surge

November 16, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

Evanston aldermen last week approved multiple programs to help residents who are struggling financially due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "The pandemic is getting worse. It's recognized by the City...

Customers wearing masks sit outside Colectivo Coffee in Evanston on May 30, 2020.

Evanston issues stay-at-home advisory after reporting record-high number of new COVID-19 cases last two days

November 16, 2020 at 6:59 a.m.

Evanston officials Friday issued an advisory stay-at-home order for residents after the city reported its highest daily totals of positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started. On Thursday and Friday,...

Evanston Township High School's Ryan Bost puts up a shot during at a state semifinal game against Rockford East in Peoria on March 15, 2019. Bost was shot and killed on Nov. 9, 2020.

Former Evanston basketball star Ryan Bost, 20, killed in Rogers Park shooting: ‘I wish I could tell him that everything was going to be OK’

November 11, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

For Ryan Bost, basketball was not just a passion, it was a path toward an exciting future. That's how Jaheim Holden, one of Bost's best friends since childhood, and a...

Police officers gear up near the corner of Dodge Avenue and Lyons Street in Evanston on Nov. 10, 2020.

Man taken into police custody in Evanston after shots fired, brief barricade response

November 10, 2020 at 2:53 p.m.

A barricade situation ended peacefully in Evanston Tuesday afternoon after shots were fired during an earlier altercation between two men, police said. Officers responded around noon to calls of shots...

Evanston City Council introduces 2021 budget with 4.9% property tax hike, police department cuts

November 10, 2020 at 11:24 a.m.

Evanston aldermen on Monday introduced a budget for consideration that slightly reduces a previously proposed property tax hike. The budget also removes 11 police officer positions from the city's department...

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