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FILE - Flags and tributes mark the Memorial Day holiday at Fort Logan National Cemetery in southeast Denver, May 31, 2021. A new report and Pentagon data show that suicides across the active duty U.S. military decreased over the past 18 months, driven by sharp drops in the Air Force and Marine Corps last year and a similar decline among Army soldiers during the first six months of this year. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Memorial Day events planned all along North Shore

May 23, 2023 at 11:22 a.m.

Memorial Day is fast approaching on May 29 and with that comes different ways of honoring military personnel who have died in service. Chicago's North Shore suburbs are no strangers...

A rendering of the front of the proposed 5th Ward School in Evanston by architect firm for the school, Cordogan Clark and Associates.

Transportation, student population size join Evanston 5th Ward school debate

May 16, 2023 at 12:05 p.m.

Evanston Skokie School District 65 showed Evanston's Planning and Development Committee its latest plans for the proposed 5th Ward school. While commission members expressed support for the project, they raised...

Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms ready for harvest in their growing tub on May 19, 2019, in Denver.

As Illinois explores psilocybin bill, Evanston blocks local proposal

May 12, 2023 at 6:46 p.m.

Evanston Councilmember Devon Reid's hope to decriminalize psilocybin and other entheogenic plants, commonly known as "magic mushrooms," was shot down when the Human Services Committee instructed city staff not to...

Skokie approves 192-unit residential development near CTA Yellow Line

May 9, 2023 at 2:50 p.m.

A 192-unit multi-family development will soon join Skokie's housing pool after the Village Board on April 17 approved the development. The village is calling the seven-story development, at 8610 Niles...

Northwestern University on April 5 announced it is entering into an agreement with Turner Construction and Walsh Construction (Turner-Walsh) as its construction manager for the $800 million redevelopment of Ryan Field in Evanston.

New Evanston alliance continues demand for community benefits agreement

May 5, 2023 at 4:20 p.m.

As Councilmember Eleanor Revelle, in her May 3 newsletter, said Northwestern University's Ryan Field rebuild is tentatively planned for the Land Use Commission's June 14 meeting, several community and Northwestern...

Arts and Craft Beverage Crawl to take cross-industry approach to “arts and crafts”

May 3, 2023 at 3:15 p.m.

Main-Dempster Mile and Evanston Made are joining forces to put on a cross-industry "arts and crafts" event on May 18 featuring local artists and craft beverages with its second Arts...

Shirley Nannini speaks at the dedication of the Evanston Township High School gymnasium named in her honor.
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ETHS honors veteran coach, co-athletic director with gym dedication

May 2, 2023 at 1:55 p.m.

Shirley Nannini's 33-year tenure at Evanston Township High School as a physical education teacher, co-athletic director and coach may have ended, but now her legacy will live on. The school...

Skokie launches effort to prevent hate crimes after consulting national experts: ‘This is one of those powerful moments’

May 2, 2023 at 1:15 p.m.

Skokie officials are proactively launching an initiative to track hate incidents, such as racial graffiti, before they rise to the level of hate crimes. The village will analyze data on...

Officers work the scene where three people were shot, one fatally, at Clark Street Beach near Northwestern University Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in Evanston. According to the Evanston Police Department one man was fatally shot, and two 15-year-old boys were also shot. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Evanston mayor shares summer safety plan with increased police presence after fatal lakefront shooting

April 18, 2023 at 5:07 p.m.

Mayor Daniel Biss on April 17 released a summer safety plan and statement regarding the April 12 shooting at Evanston's Clark Street Beach that killed Jacquis Irby, an 18-year-old Skokie...

This rendering shows a concept of the 143-room Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel and Conference Center to be built at 4930 Oakton Street in downtown Skokie. Next to the hotel will be a parking garage with 100 public parking spaces and 200 parking spaces for the hotel, and possibly additional parking in the future for Illinois Science + Technology Park tenants.
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Skokie to make $4.5 million loan to developer of downtown hotel

April 18, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

Skokie's Board of Trustees on April 3 approved giving E&M Strategic Development, spearheaded by Mark Meyer, up to a $4.5 million loan toward the Downtown Skokie Homewood Suites by Hilton...

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