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Ciara McCarthy, In Focus Editor

Ciara is a Weinberg senior majoring in American Studies. Her past positions at The Daily include editor in chief, managing editor, city editor and reporter. The Bethesda, Maryland native is also a Brady Scholar in Ethics and Civic Life. She previously interned for Slate and The Marshall Project. You can reach Ciara via Twitter or email.

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Parolee gets 9 years in prison for commercial burglary

May 8, 2013

Evanston Police expand surveillance technology with new truck, website

May 7, 2013
Attorneys William McKenna and Grant Farrar explain the citys victory in a legal battle against a Chicago school at a news conference Monday. They were joined by Ald. Ann Rainey (8th).

Evanston officials tout legal win against Chicago-based Jewish school

May 6, 2013
Assistant City Attorney Kenneth Cox and Ald. Colleen Burrus (9th) explain the next steps of a new ordinance that, if passed, will permit the opening of Evanstons first yard waste recycling transfer facility. Alds. Burrus and Ann Rainey (8th) hosted a community meeting Thursday night to talk with residents about the facility.

Evanston community discusses possibility of yard waste recycling center

May 2, 2013

Blotter: May 3

May 2, 2013
John Bamberg, father of slain Evanston man Javar Bamberg, speaks Jan. 7 at a Human Services Committee meeting. Bamberg plans to sue the city, the Evanston Police Department and the Evanston fire department in the coming weeks over the handling of his sons death and investigation.

Father of slain Evanston man to sue city

May 2, 2013
The Evanston Public Library released a new mobile app, which allows library patrons to access many of the librarys services via their smartphones.

Evanston Public Library creates new smartphone app

May 1, 2013
Walk n Roll organizer Natalie Watson discusses the groups upcoming Shared Streets event, which will block of portions of Dempster Street for a day to promote biking and walking. Evanston residents gathered at the Evanston Public Library Tuesday to discuss Walk n Roll and other initiatives to encourage alternative forms of transportation.

Evanston residents discuss Shared Streets initiative, bike safety at meeting

April 30, 2013
Evanston resident Cathy Key flyers in the 1800 block of Brown Street, where Evanston teenager Justin Murray was shot dead in November. Key and other Evanston residents volunteered Saturday with Cook County Crime Stoppers to gather information for the ongoing investigation into Murrays death.

Evanston police respond to community pressure to decrease violence, increase communication

April 29, 2013
Kelly Skamra, 45, was first arrested Dec. 1 after burglarizing a house in the 500 block of Grey Avenue. Skamra was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday.

Chicago man sentenced to 20 years for burglaries committed in Evanston

April 28, 2013
Carolyn Murray, whose 19-year-old son Justin was shot dead in November, organized a meeting for the Evanston Police and families of homicide victims to discuss unsolved cases in Evanston Thursday night.

Evanston Police promise greater communication with homicide victims’ families

April 25, 2013

Community gathers to honor Evanston volunteers

April 24, 2013
Despite shrinking state funding for education in Illinois, Evanston Township High School District 202 remains financially sound.

ETHS remains financially stable despite decreasing funds from Illinois

April 23, 2013

Evanston reorganizes public works, parks departments to focus on forestry

April 22, 2013

Cook County jail nears capacity

April 21, 2013

Homelessness increases slightly in Illinois in 2012, report shows

April 21, 2013

Blotter: April 19

April 18, 2013
Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington (left) listens while Cmdr. Jay Parrott (right) talks to residents during Wednesdays crime beat meeting focusing on wards one, three, four and seven.

Evanston Police talk social media, crime prevention with residents

April 17, 2013
Gary Geiger, director of the Evanston Childrens Choir, said he would be evicted from the Noyes Cultural Arts Center if the Piven Theatre Workshop expansion proposal is fulfilled. Other tenants in the arts center expressed concern with Pivens plan at the Evanston Arts Council meeting Tuesday night.

Art Center tenants frustrated over Piven expansion proposal

April 16, 2013
ETHS freshman Dajae Coleman was killed in September. Tiffany Rice, Coleman’s mother, announced last month she is creating the Foundation for Dajae Coleman to honor her son and enrich the Evanston community.

Mother of slain Evanston teen to start foundation in son’s name

April 15, 2013
A customer peruses the shelves of Whole Foods Market in Evanston. The grocery store is one of several businesses in Evanston that accepts food stamps.

Enrollment in SNAP increases locally, nationwide over the past five years

April 15, 2013

Blotter: April 12

April 11, 2013

Legal dispute between city, food truck remains unresolved

April 11, 2013

Alds. Delores Holmes, Mark Tendam re-elected in landslides

April 9, 2013

Small fire breaks out during babysitting job

April 8, 2013
Comcasts Internet Essentials program provides low-income families with access to Internet at a reduced rate. Nearly 16,000 families in Cook County have taken advantage of the program, more than any other county in the country.

Comcast, Cook County connect low-income families to Internet

April 8, 2013
Beavers Coffee and Donuts is waiting for the citys response to their application to operate their food truck in Evanston. The truck sued the city in August over a city ordinance which prohibits the operation of food trucks in Evanston unless the truck has a brick-and-mortar counterpart within city limits.

Food truck awaits city response before further legal action

April 7, 2013
Mark Tendam (left) and Mark Sloane (right) will rematch Tuesday in the race for 6th Ward alderman. Tendam defeated Sloane and a third candidate in 2009.

Election Guide 2013: Rematch for Mark Tendam, Mark Sloane in Evanston’s 6th Ward

April 7, 2013
Ashton Murray (left) and Carolyn Murray (right) met first lady Michelle Obama at Januarys State of the Union Address. Ashton Murray will attend an anti-youth violence luncheon Wednesday with Obama and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Sister of slain Evanston teen Justin Murray to dine with first lady Michelle Obama

April 7, 2013
Pallbearers carry Evanston Township High School senior Kevoyn Coxs casket from the First Church of God Christian Life Center on Saturday. Cox died in a car accident last month.

Family, friends lay ETHS senior Kevoyn Cox to rest

April 6, 2013
A Walgreens truck was damaged this afternoon after crashing into a CTA viaduct.

Walgreens truck hits CTA viaduct

April 4, 2013
The nations first net-zero energy Walgreens, which will produce more energy than it consumes, will open in Evanston around Thanksgiving. The building will include green technology such as wind turbines and over 800 solar panels.

Geothermal drilling begins with construction of net-zero energy Walgreens in Evanston

April 3, 2013
President Barack Obama made an apparent reference this evening to Carolyn Murray (pictured), the mother of slain Evanston teen Justin Murray, in a speech on gun control in Denver.

Obama mentions slain Evanston teen in gun control speech

April 3, 2013

Blotter: April 3

April 2, 2013
Carolyn Murray is looking to offer a $3,000 reward for information about the shooting that took the life of her son, Justin.

Evanston gun control advocate Carolyn Murray to set up $3,000 reward for information on son’s shooting death

March 15, 2013
Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington (left) and Cmdr. Jay Parrott shared Evanston crime data for 2012 on Friday.

Overall Evanston crime remains flat in 2012 despite increase in violent crime

March 8, 2013

Evanston Police report increase in gang-related graffiti

March 8, 2013
Cook County enacted a $1 per packet cigarette tax Friday to discourage smoking.

Cook County implements new $1 per pack cigarette tax

March 7, 2013
Sehwa Kim, a South Korean 9-month-old girl, will return to her home country Wednesday. Evanston residents Jinshil and Christopher Duquet adopted Sehwa in June without the assistance of an adopting agency, which is required under South Korean law.

Evanston couple loses fight to keep adopted South Korean baby

March 5, 2013
Evanston Police arrested Richard Latoria, pictured, and Ryan Hanley on Friday after finding the men with a plastic bags filled with severed copper down spouts. EPD is still determining whether or not the three copper thefts associated with these men are related to other copper thefts around the city in the past two months.

Evanston Police arrest 2 men found with copper piping

March 4, 2013
A sign in the Foster Street CTA station alerts passengers to service changes, including a lack of Purple Line Express service, associated with the Wells Street Bridge reconstruction in Chicago. The disruptions will run through March 11, followed by another nine-day period beginning April 26.

CTA begins first disruption to Purple Line Express, other lines

March 4, 2013
ETHS Superintendent Eric Witherspoon met with a variety of city and school officials Thursday evening at the City/School Liaison Committee Meeting. Officials discussed increased safety regulations at ETHS and employment opportunities for Evanston youth, among other issues.

Evanston, school officials discuss ETHS safety, youth employment opportunities

February 28, 2013

Blotter: Feb. 26

February 25, 2013

UPD handcuffs student in connection with damaging Northwestern building

February 25, 2013
Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) hosted a community meeting about Evanstons dog beach on Saturday. Attendees unanimously requested that the beach be open year round. Currently, the beach is only open from Apr. 1 to Nov. 30, a rule that is largely ignored.

Evanston dog owners call for year-round access to dog beach among other requests

February 24, 2013

Blotter: Feb. 19

February 18, 2013
Expensive copper gutters and downspouts have been stolen overnight from Evaston religious institutions several times this year.

Thieves steal copper from Evanston religious institutions five times in 2013

February 18, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks Friday at Chicagos Hyde Park Academy. Obama stressed the importance of strong families as a component of reducing gun violence in America.

President Obama visits Chicago, addresses gun violence with calls for economic and community growth

February 16, 2013

Murray returns from State of the Union as Cook County Commissioner calls for ‘common sense’ reform

February 14, 2013

Evanston to study alternative transportation at Chicago and Main

February 13, 2013
James Coello, owner of North Shore Coins, was charged and arrested for purchasing and selling stolen goods.

Evanston coin dealer pleads guilty to ‘financial crimes enterprise’ charges

February 11, 2013

Blotter: Feb. 12

February 11, 2013

Updated: Schakowsky invites Carolyn Murray to attend State of the Union address

February 8, 2013

City receives $580,000 state grant to fix west Evanston trail

February 6, 2013
Justin Murray, 19, died from a shooting in west Evanston on Nov. 29. His mother, Carolyn, now alleges EPD has used gang-related murder as an excuse for the lack of arrests.

‘Gang related’ label an excuse for unsolved homicides, victim’s mother says

February 5, 2013

Blotter: Feb. 5

February 4, 2013
A Cook County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Beavers Coffee and Doughnuts against the City of Evanston. The doughnut truck company argued the citys food truck ban is unconstitutional.

Judge sides with Evanston in food truck dispute

February 1, 2013

Erin’s Law to mandate sexual abuse curriculum in Illinois public schools

January 30, 2013
CTA employee John Fasula died while saving an elderly woman in a Chicago fire Jan. 22. Fasula worked on the Purple Line which runs through Evanston.

Evanston officials honor CTA worker killed in Chicago fire

January 30, 2013
In Focus: Evanston looks to curb gun violence after 3 slain in 2012

In Focus: Evanston looks to curb gun violence after 3 slain in 2012

January 28, 2013

Blotter: Jan. 29

January 28, 2013

Cook County board president introduces new gun control ordinance

January 23, 2013

Committee considers replacement for Green Bay mural

January 23, 2013

Blotter: Jan. 22

January 21, 2013

Evanston couple fights to keep adopted South Korean baby

January 17, 2013
The Music Institute of Chicago will move its headquarters to downtown Evanston this year. Other programs that will also be based in Evanston include the Institutes therapy throughout the arts, world music and musical theater programs.

Music Institute to move headquarters to Evanston

January 17, 2013
2012 was the first full year in which marijuana was decriminalized in Evanston. However the drug has still presented the city with multiple challenges.

Change in Evanston marijuana policy results in fewer physical arrests

January 16, 2013

Blotter: Jan. 15

January 14, 2013

Illinois House passes bill to allow driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

January 10, 2013
Revolution Spin expanded into the space of Moser Sewing studio last month, ending a dispute over noise from the cycling studio’s music and machines.

Sherman Avenue dispute ends with Revolution Spin expansion

January 9, 2013
Tracey Wallace, (third from right), created the new group Black Men Against Violence in the aftermath of recent homicides in Evanston. The group has met several times and organized a Christmas Dinner Delivery program for the holidays.

Q&A: Tracey Wallace, founder of Black Men Against Violence

January 7, 2013

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn launches online pension awareness campaign

November 29, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 29

November 28, 2012

Producemobile to provide free, fresh produce to Evanston once a month

November 26, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 27

November 26, 2012

Cook County budget includes gun tax, $2 million to anti-violence groups

November 19, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 20

November 19, 2012
Evanston pizza drivers targeted for money, deliveries

Evanston pizza drivers targeted for money, deliveries

November 18, 2012

Evanston aldermen establish Americans with Disabilities Act board

November 15, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 15

November 14, 2012
Left: The mural depicting the history of Evanston, composed by an ETHS graduate, pictured in 2009, before the re-painting. Right: A man walks past the newly painted walls near the Hertz rent-a-car business. The Green Bay Road mural was painted over by a landlord who mistook it for graffiti.

Prominent mural of Evanston history ‘accidentally’ destroyed

November 14, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 13

November 12, 2012

New sustainability group aims to protect, expand Evanston’s urban forest

November 11, 2012
A staff member at Flowers for Dreams sorts bouquets. The Evanston business opened in March.

Evanston florist donates some proceeds to supplies for Chicago students

November 8, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 8

November 8, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 5

November 4, 2012
A car belonging to Evanston resident Nancy Floy blocks cyclists Sunday on Church Street. Floy acknowledged that parking in the lane was illegal.

Campus bikers push for more safety initiatives in Evanston

November 1, 2012

Blotter: Nov. 1

October 31, 2012

Evanston Police identify man in connection with wire-cutting spree

October 29, 2012

Blotter: Oct. 30

October 29, 2012
Joseph Vlad, the owner of Evanstons new Safari Natural Herbs and Tea, is 20 years old. He said that age provided several obstacles to starting a business, but that you cant judge a book by its cover.

Evanston herb store advocates all-natural remedies

October 29, 2012

Illinois to vote on pension-related constitutional amendment

October 26, 2012

Blotter: Oct. 25

October 24, 2012
Cook County 2013 budget includes proposed tax on bullets, guns

Cook County 2013 budget includes proposed tax on bullets, guns

October 23, 2012

Blotter: Oct. 23

October 22, 2012

Blotter: Oct. 18

October 17, 2012

Evanston moves to dismiss Chicago food truck’s lawsuit

October 17, 2012

Evanston, Skokie to share fire training facility

October 15, 2012

Blotter: Oct. 16

October 15, 2012

Evanston150 measure to teach all students how to swim

October 12, 2012
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