In Oak Park, march participants express concern over Trump presidency
Dima Ali, an Oak Park resident and a Muslim, said she doesn't normally wear her hijab, but she chose to don the head scarf during a march Thursday night in...
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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 could ask taxpayers for more money
Voters in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 may be asked next spring to approve a property tax increase referendum that would give the district money to tackle a projected multimillion dollar...
Rallies planned in Oak Park in response to Trump’s election victory
On Election Day, Oak Park resident Nell McNamara said she was elated to cast her ballot for a candidate who she hoped would be the first woman elected president of...
Evanston police: Special gathering lets residents ‘see us as people’
Evanston police and an associated residents group hope regular, informal gatherings between the city's police department personnel and its residents will help bridge the divide between the community and the...
Morton Grove business owner: County officials ‘out of their minds’ to raise minimum wage
Niles Village Board trustee and Morton Grove business owner George Alpogianis said the recent passage of a minimum wage hike in Cook County will "push businesses like ours into bankruptcy...
Evanston man’s Donald Trump sign burned on his front lawn
Brian Lowry, an Evanston resident and Donald Trump supporter, said his sign supporting the Republican presidential candidate has been vandalized multiple times in the last five weeks. In the latest...
City of Evanston, local businesses bracing for minimum wage hike’s impact
Brent Weiss is convinced that having to pay his workers more will have an impact on his outdoor and sporting goods business, he's just not sure how much his bottom...
Evanston officials move forward with proposal to rework Dodge Avenue
Traffic configurations on Dodge Avenue will be tweaked once again after residents raised concerns about recently installed protected bike lanes on the street. Evanston City Council members voted unanimously at...
Evanston apartment complex employs feral cats to take on rats
In a bid to solve what appeared to be an intractable rat infestation, residents at an Evanston apartment complex invited a pair of feral felines onto their property. Now, they...
Palatine man takes plea in ’97 homicide of 14-year-old runaway Amber Creek
A Palatine man pleaded no contest Tuesday in the beating, sexual assault and strangulation of a suburban teenager whose killing nearly 20 years ago long stymied investigators. James Eaton pleaded...