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A portion of a law passed in August 2015 regarding police body cameras was enacted Jan. 1. The new ordinance calls for an increased fee for guilty criminal and traffic-related offenses that will fund body cameras.

New police body camera funding will have little impact on Evanston, officials say

January 13, 2016

Even with a new effort by Illinois to increase accessibility of police-worn body cameras, large budgetary and privacy issues continue to impede the Evanston Police Department's effort to adopt the technology....

Skokie man shot in Evanston alley

January 12, 2016

A Skokie man was shot in the midsection Tuesday night in an Evanston alley. At approximately 6:50 p.m., Evanston police responded to several 911 calls reporting shots fired at the corner of Mulford...

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl attends a City Council meeting. Council heard an update from Evanston Own It, a coalition of city groups formed after episodes of gun violence in 2014.

City Council authorizes city manager to finalize federal grants for capital construction project

January 12, 2016

City Council unanimously approved a consent agenda that authorized the city manager to negotiate an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to finalize federal grants for development on...

Man found in Lake Michigan identified as University of Chicago student

January 11, 2016

A man found dead in Lake Michigan on Friday has been identified as Pengjun Shen, Evanston police said. Shen, 28, was a University of Chicago graduate student, said Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry...

Local bookstore partner shares experiences from book-delivering trip at U.S.-Mexico border

January 11, 2016

A co-owner of a local bookstore discussed the importance of multilingual children’s literature for Latino refugee children at Evanston Public Library on Saturday. EPL kicked off a monthly series...

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