The Evanston Police Department would like you to stay alive this Labor Day weekend, so they’re going to be looking for drivers who are either driving drunk, unbuckled ,or distracted.
A cell phone was removed from a room at a retirement home in the 400 block of Davis Street. This among the stories in today’s daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
The City of Evanston recently received a $7,500 grant from a partnership led by Commonwealth Edison to supplement earlier funding for ecological work along the North Shore Channel that runs through Evanston, according to environmental services coordinator Paul D'Agostino.
Chicago Transit Authority rail service has been disrupted on the Red, Yellow and Purple lines this morning. CTA officials say it's because an unauthorized person is on the tracks near Howard Street.
If Evanston soccer coach Franz Calixte wants to build on the unprecedented success the program has enjoyed over the past three seasons, maybe he should schedule a family reunion of some sort.
It takes time to change the culture surrounding any high school athletic program, and that’s the challenge that new Evanston head girls volleyball coach Liz Brieva is ready to take on.
Summer’s nearly over, but there’s still lots of music at Fountain Square, along with outdoor painting, plus a music-filled block party at Dempster and Chicago next weekend. Check the options outside for everyone this week:
Valuables were removed from a purse at an office in the 900 block of Davis Street. Also, shoplifting at a convenience store and a bicycle stolen from a home on Brown Avenue. These are among the stories in today’s daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
First Presbyterian Church of Evanston will seek city approval next week for a video message sign it installed in the church facade to replace an old-fashioned menu-board style sign with plastic letters.
Someone pried off the metal cover of a coin-op machine in an apartment common area on Mulford Street and made off with the cash inside. This is among the stories in today's daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
Despite pleas from several housing activists, the November referendum to raise Evanston's Real Estate Transfer Tax won't target the additional funds the tax increase would raise to be spent for affordable housing.
City of Evanston and Northwestern University officials today announced plans to share the use of the school's emergency operations center. in an effort to improve public safety and emergency response.
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