Genevieve Bookwalter

A community town hall meeting on reparations was held before a large crowd at the First Church of God in Evanston on Dec. 11, 2019.

Hundreds pack Evanston church to discuss city’s local reparations fund: ‘It was time to lead in urgency’

December 12, 2019 at 2:44 p.m.

Hundreds of Evanston residents packed the sanctuary of First Church of God Wednesday evening to participate in a town hall discussion on the next steps in the city's landmark reparations...

Evanston's only marijuana dispensary operates in a ground floor space of the city's Maple Avenue parking garage. The dispensary is expected to request approval for an expansion next year to accommodate demand for adult recreational marijuana.

Evanston expects local marijuana dispensary to pursue expansion next year

December 10, 2019 at 3:41 p.m.

Evanston's lone marijuana dispensary could soon expand into the old Enterprise Rent-A-Car space in the Maple Avenue garage next year. The move comes as the business looks to accommodate the...

Janet Olson is curator of "On the Same Terms/The Beginnings of Women's Education at Northwestern," an exhibit at Northwestern University's Deering Library.

New exhibit marks 150th anniversary of Northwestern University admitting women as students

December 10, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

When Northwestern University began admitting female students 150 years ago, it wasn't necessarily a protest, an activist chancellor or an especially inspirational student that pushed the university to accept women....

Evanston Interim City Manager Erika Storlie, left, and Mayor Steve Hagerty are shown at a City Council meeting on Nov. 25, 2019 where aldermen passed the 2020 budget.

Evanston aldermen pass 2020 budget with anticipated revenue from Welsh-Ryan Arena events, pot sales

December 3, 2019 at 2:54 p.m.

Evanston aldermen Nov. 25 approved a $320.7 million city budget for 2020 and a projected budget for 2021. The budgets did not include staff layoffs, unlike previous years. They also...

Two new residential developments totaling more than 500 units open in downtown Evanston

December 3, 2019 at 12:20 p.m.

Two new high rise residences — the Albion on Sherman Ave. and The LINK Evanston on Emerson St. — have recently finished construction, representatives for both developments said. The two...

Evanston families open their doors to Northwestern University international students celebrating their first Thanksgiving

December 6, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

Some Northwestern University international students said they couldn't wait to experience Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays, and see for themselves if it lived up to the movies and TV...

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Hundreds pack Evanston church to discuss city’s local reparations fund: ‘It was time to lead in urgency’

Evanston expects local marijuana dispensary to pursue expansion next year

New exhibit marks 150th anniversary of Northwestern University admitting women as students

Evanston aldermen pass 2020 budget with anticipated revenue from Welsh-Ryan Arena events, pot sales

Two new residential developments totaling more than 500 units open in downtown Evanston

Evanston families open their doors to Northwestern University international students celebrating their first Thanksgiving

Chicago suburb will use recreational marijuana sales tax proceeds to fund local reparations program

Evanston will use recreational marijuana sales tax proceeds to fund local reparations program

Family dog dies in Evanston house fire

Dog park, paramedic services among Evanston projects Northwestern University plans to fund