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Evanston City Council formally approves contract for new city manager

October 21, 2020 at 8:59 a.m.

Evanston aldermen on Monday voted to approve a contract with former interim City Manager Erika Storlie to become the next permanent city manager. The city's nine aldermen and the mayor...

Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook speaks during a rally at Fountain Square Park on June 7, 2020.

Obama highlights Evanston’s police reform efforts in Twitter thread

October 15, 2020 at 6:56 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama took to Twitter Thursday morning to highlight the joint efforts of the Evanston Police Department and Northwestern University in developing recommendations for local police reform. "In...

Evanston City Council plans to appoint longtime staffer Erika Storlie as next city manager

October 14, 2020 at 9:35 a.m.

Evanston aldermen plan to appoint interim city manager Erika Storlie as the next permanent occupant of the job, city officials announced Tuesday. Storlie's contract is scheduled to be approved at...

Evanston's Ald. Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, shown in this 2018 file photo, asked for more information about the city's new tax on streaming services at the Oct. 12, 2020 City Council meeting.

Evanston now collecting 5% tax on Netflix, other streaming services

October 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

A new Evanston city tax took effect Oct. 1 that is charging residents an additional 5% on their entertainment streaming services, city officials said Monday. The tax was passed earlier...

Evanston Interim City Manager Erika Storlie, left, and Mayor Steve Hagerty are shown at a City Council meeting on Nov. 27, 2019, when aldermen passed the 2020 budget.

Under proposed budget, Evanston will not fill 11 open police officer positions as city looks to recover from COVID-19 financial losses

October 9, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

Evanston property taxes could go up and the number of police officers could go down under plans proposed by city officials as they work to overcome the ongoing financial hit...

Final 3 candidates for Evanston’s city manager job appear at community forum

October 8, 2020 at 7:51 p.m.

The three women from across the United States who are finalists for Evanston's city manager job appeared in a public forum Wednesday night. Candidates Aretha Ferrell-Benavides, city manager of Petersburg,...

Evanston names 3 finalists for city manager job; community forum set for Wednesday evening

October 7, 2020 at 12:10 p.m.

Evanston aldermen have named three finalists for the city manager job ahead of a planned virtual community meeting Wednesday evening. The job has been open since Sept. 2019, when former...

A huge yellow "Black Lives Matter" mural is painted on Dodge Avenue in front of Evanston Township High School on July 6, 2020. The street will now have the honorary name of Black Lives Matter Way.

Evanston City Council designates street in front of high school as Black Lives Matter Way

September 30, 2020 at 4:03 p.m.

Evanston aldermen on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to honorarily change the name of a strip of Dodge Avenue to Black Lives Matter Way. The block-long designation in front of Evanston...

ETHS senior killed in West Ridge shooting

September 29, 2020 at 12:25 p.m.

Arturo Munoz, 17, a senior at Evanston Township High School, was shot and killed Sept. 21 in the West Ridge neighborhood. "The Evanston Township High School family is deeply saddened...

Evanston-Skokie District 65 will not return to in-person learning until at least November

September 24, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.

Evanston-Skokie District 65 students will not return to their physical classrooms until mid-November at the earliest, a delay from the originally planned Sept. 29. All students will continue on a...

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