Evanston city officials say a mistake by a contractor working on the sewer system left many homeowners in south and central Evanston with water backed up into their basements over the weekend.

A crew from the Food Network descended on Evanston's Wiener and Still Champion this morning.

Gus Paschalis of Evanston's Wiener and Still Champion reports that a crew from the Food Network will stop by his shop Friday.

Alderman Steven Bernstein, 4th Ward, says he made a promise to himself when he first sought the job in 1997 that he would never change as a person despite the internal bickering and pressures of being an alderman.

Roycemore School officials say they plan to relocate to the Methodist pension board building at 1200 Davis St. in Evanston.

The Evanston Plan Commission, acting with unusual speed, voted unanimously Wednesday to reject a proposed six-story condo project at 1031 Sherman Ave. during its first hearing on the development.

The FBI has a suspect in custody tonight following an armed robbery Wednesday afternoon at the First Bank & Trust branch at 741 Main St. in Evanston.

Evanston Police swarmed around the First Bank and Trust Branch at 741 Main St. late this afternoon after the bank was apparently robbed for the second time in less than a week.

Three robbers held up the newly opened branch of First Bank and Trust at 741 Main St. Thursday afternoon.

The Evanston Public Library's South Branch, 949 Chicago Ave., will stay open until 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursday starting March 4.