Next month, the wrecking ball will tear into the crumbling parking garage that serves the Cook County Circuit Courthouse in Skokie. For workers who refer to the garage as a...
School District 219 officials, concerned about offending Native Americans, are considering replacing the "Indians" as the name for Niles West High School teams. "For this to be condoned is an...
Evanston Ald. Steven Bernstein (4th) has compiled a "needs list" he will present to Northwestern University officials if and when both camps can decide on a meeting date to discuss...
Saying the city is "Starbucked out," Evanston resident Maureen Glasoe has collected close to 1,000 signatures to keep the ubiquitous Seattle-based coffee king out of her neighborhood. Hers is the...
When Hardy Murphy took over as the superintendent of Evanston School District 65 almost a year ago, he pledged to shake up the status quo and challenge teachers to improve...
Evanston Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) found herself in the middle of a gang fight on the city's southern boundary last week, and now she's set to testify in court against...
Magazine buyers in Evanston soon won't have to special-order copies of their favorite, yet hard-to-find periodicals, such as Pastry Art and Design, Modern Ferret and Bus World. The Evanston City...
The debate over whether Northwestern University should pay for services the school receives from Evanston took center stage once again Tuesday night during a public forum sponsored by the city's...
Faced with a surge in enrollment next fall at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, Elementary District 39 board members gave a preliminary nod this week to using up to six...
Three dozen needy children could go without gifts on Christmas Day thanks to a thief who made off with a load of wrapped presents stored in the basement at Grace...