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Barnes & Noble leaving downtown Evanston; Northwestern Medicine moving in

May 5, 2020 at 4:36 p.m.

Barnes & Noble bookstore has closed and will leave downtown Evanston, the city's economic development manager confirmed. Taking the place of the bookstore will be Northwestern Medicine, which will use...

Evanston city officials preparing for pandemic-related budget shortfall with layoffs, new loan

May 1, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

Following a round of layoffs, Evanston aldermen this week moved to take out a $15 million loan to keep city services running during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The unanimous vote...

Sam Landman is the director of food service at Meals on Wheels of Northeastern Illinois in Evanston. The service has just moved into a new facility with a full kitchen.

Meals on Wheels gala goes virtual as new Evanston kitchen is about to open

April 28, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

Meals on Wheels Northeastern Illinois is hosting a virtual gala Friday to raise money and celebrate a new commercial kitchen, all while maintaining proper social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Cubs fan Bridgett Kolls, 23, a kidney recipient, sits in her front yard at home in Lombard, April 24, 2020. The sign in front, is what she and her brother Mike took to a Cubs game last May, and helped her find a kidney donor. Due to coronavirus her transplant surgery was postponed last month. She learned her donor is a Sox fan. Abel Uribe/baiduhai

Organ transplants in the Chicago area are at a virtual standstill due to COVID-19. Recipients are anxiously waiting their turn.

April 29, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

Hoping to find a kidney donor, Cubs fan Bridgett Kolls of Lombard went very public with her quest when she took a handmade poster to a baseball game last May....

28-year-old woman injured in drive-by shooting in Evanston

April 28, 2020 at 11:34 a.m.

Evanston police are investigating after a 28-year-old woman was shot in the chest and arm Monday afternoon. The shooting was reported at 12:47 p.m. at the intersection of Howard Street...

Alden North Shore experienced some COVID-19 cases, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report April 19, 2020, on incidence of the coronavirus in nursing homes.

16 deaths related to COVID-19 reported at Park Ridge, Niles area nursing and assisted living facilities

April 21, 2020 at 5:01 p.m.

Several area nursing homes and assisted living facilities have reported deaths linked to COVID-19, according to data recently released by the Illinois Department of Public Health. At least 16 people...

Evanston library, city officials develop social service programs as COVID-19 pandemic continues

April 21, 2020 at 12:58 p.m.

An emergency food pantry, social worker appointments and business loans have all been made available to Evanston residents as city officials work to ease the burden of the ongoing COVID-19...

Tom Ferguson, retired Evanston art teacher, dies of COVID-19 at 71

April 18, 2020 at 2:47 p.m.

A former Oakton Elementary School art teacher remembered for his elaborate classroom wall coverings died April 14 of COVID-19. Tom Ferguson of Chicago was 71. The quirky art teacher spent...

Shoppers, some wearing protective face masks, wait in a line stretching outside a Trader Joe's store in Chicago.

In an effort to slow coronavirus spread, Skokie mayor orders face coverings be worn in many public places

April 15, 2020 at 5:44 p.m.

Skokie is requiring that starting Thursday evening, residents and visitors in the north suburb wear face masks while in specified public situations. The order, which was issued by Mayor George...

An adult falcon is perched outside Evanston Public Library before two recently hatched falcons were briefly taken from the nest for banding on June 6, 2019.

Peregrine falcons return to nest on Evanston Public Library rooftop and you can watch it all from its ‘Falcon Cam’

April 14, 2020 at 5:01 p.m.

A nesting pair of peregrine falcons has returned to the Evanston Public Library rooftop, and residents sheltering at home during the coronavirus pandemic can watch the action on the library's...

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