8+ hour, 24+ min ago  (177+ words) Over a hundred demonstrators protesting near Kingsley Elementary School Friday afternoon drew dozens of supportive honks from passing motorists. The protest, organized by Indivisible Evanston, was one of what were predicted to be thousands of May Day demonstrations nationwide, which…...

15+ hour, 23+ min ago  (252+ words) Faced with public opposition, as well as outrage from teachers and librarians, District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner is undoing her decision to eliminate the librarian posts at Chute, Nichols and Haven Middle Schools. In a Friday message to the D65 community, Turner…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (495+ words) As Roycemore School faces a difficult financial position, the chair of the private school's board said Thursday the private institution's leadership recently met with some parents for an "open and constructive" discussion. In his latest email to the Roycemore community,…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (350+ words) As Evanston and nearby communities have faced federal immigration activity over the past year, one immigrants" advocate is telling residents to stay anything but silent. On Wednesday, the YWCA Evanston/North Shore held its Unite Against Racism program, an annual…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (635+ words) A bill to strengthen privacy protections for transgender and abortion patients passed a Senate committee Wednesday in a 9-4 partisan vote. Senate Bill 4834, would remove testosterone from the state's Prescription Monitoring Program, which otherwise exists to protect against misuse of addictive…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (488+ words) The flock of orange barrels that landed on Central Street west of Green Bay Road last summer has moved east of Green Bay, causing consternation for merchants in one of the busiest sales times of the year. "There's a lot…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (172+ words) A construction worker died Thursday after falling off the roof of a Northwestern University building, police say. Police Cmdr. Chelsea Brown says police and fire units responded to the Allen Center construction site at 2169 Campus Drive, about 3: 26 p. m. for a reported…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (552+ words) In 2015, then-State Sen. Daniel Biss of Evanston was among the 49 state senators and 102 state representatives who unanimously supported a bill signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner that required Illinois to divest its public pension funds from companies that participated in the…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (812+ words) Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday that the Evanston Police Department was among several local police departments and county prosecutors that will receive the findings of a months-long compilation of alleged federal agent misconduct during Operation Midway Blitz last fall. In…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (294+ words) Evanston Police are investigating a shooting incident that happened during the noon hour Thursday at Mason Park on the city's west side. Deputy Chief Melissa Sacluti said a preliminary investigation indicates two groups of people were "shooting at each other…...