Evanston's Economic Development Committee gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday to providing a $500,000 sales tax rebate to the proposed Farmers Best Market at Asbury Avenue and Oakton Street.

Evanston Public Works Director John Burke says a federal transportation panel has recommended funding for a study to select the best location for a new Yellow Line rail stop in Evanston.

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.

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More than 200 people walked into the empty Osco Drug store in south Evanston tonight to hear about plans to turn it into a specialty supermarket.

Northlake-based Farmer's Best Markets owner Nick Merikas says he now has a signed lease for the old Osco drug store building at Asbury and Oakton and plans to open the store in about five months.

For the second time in just over a week an ice cream vendor has been robbed on an Evanston street.

Oakton Street will be closed to traffic at Ridge Avenue for three days next week as part of the Ridge Avenue repaving project.

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

Evanston police now say they've canceled an alert issued earlier today regarding an incident near Oakton School.