Education Schools plan expansion while cutting back This year Evanston's schools laid off teachers while planning to expand buildings. District 65, faced with funding cuts from the state, laid off 29 teachers in the spring, although it later By Bill Smith on December 31, 2010 - 1:25 pm
Government Budget squeeze dominated government news Disputes over money topped city government news in Evanston this year as aldermen struggled to balance the budget and the library board decided to impose its own tax on property By Bill Smith on December 30, 2010 - 9:06 pm
Public Safety Police still investigating three 2010 homicides Evanston police say they still have open investigations on three of the seven homicides reported in the city in 2010. Those open cases include the first murder of the year By Bill Smith on December 29, 2010 - 9:41 pm
Public Safety Bombing near school topped year’s crime news The story of a mentally disturbed young man who committed suicide by setting off a bomb in a park adjacent to a middle school in the early morning darkness of By Bill Smith on December 29, 2010 - 9:41 pm
