Police find knife near slaying scene
Police found a knife near the scene of a slaying Sunday night in Evanston, an official said Tuesday, but he declined to speculate on whether it was used in the...
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Owner of tea room criticizes coffee
Hong Wu sees the future in leaves and has a message for coffee consumers: Drink tea. Wu isn't clairvoyant, but she runs Dream About Tea, an Evanston store where she...
Soda fountain gone, not forgotten
When Ken and Vernon Hoos opened a drugstore in Evanston in 1930, they offered a robust 25-cent breakfast and boasted a world-class soda fountain. But the brothers and their sons,...
2 suburb banks robbed
Two men armed with handguns robbed a Skokie bank Thursday morning, sprayed mace at a teller and then fled at high speed to Chicago, where they carjacked a vehicle on...
`Penelope’ steps in to mediate dispute
Public art often stirs public debate, and "Penelope" in Evanston is no exception. The 10-foot, brushed stainless steel and Plexiglas abstract sculpture was officially installed last week on the southeast...
Driver charged with triple murder in crash
Three Chicago musicians who worked regular jobs by day and rocked at night were killed when a young woman bent on ending her life barreled into their car on a...
Man sought hit, police say
Questioned by police for three days, a former boyfriend of a Glenview woman found slain along with her mother in her home Monday was charged Thursday with solicitation to commit...
Probe targets plane engine; 2 crash victims identified
As federal officials focused Thursday on engine failure as the possible cause of a single-engine plane crash in north suburban Fox Lake, authorities identified the two men killed in the...
Ex-athletic director arrested
Evanston Township High School's former athletic director was arrested Tuesday on charges of felony theft, a day after the school board fired him during an investigation of the disappearance of...
5th Ward school in Evanston is backed
The Evanston elementary school district's board this week approved the concept of opening a school that would primarily serve black pupils, but members stopped short of committing the $4 million...