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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza, 1737 Sherman Ave., will open Thursday. The quick-service pizza restaurant uses a build-your-own, assembly-line format.

Blaze Pizza to open Evanston location Thursday

March 4, 2015

A new quick-service pizza restaurant will open in Evanston on Thursday, adding an additional pizza option to Sherman Avenue. Blaze Pizza, 1737 Sherman Ave., uses a build-your-own, assembly-line format,...

Evanston restaurant Chicken Shack, 1925 N. Ridge Ave., was listed by Thrillist as one of the 21 best fried chicken spots in the country for 2015. The restaurant opened in Evanston 25 years ago.

Chicken Shack named one of nation’s best fried chicken spots

March 3, 2015

An Evanston fried chicken restaurant was recently named one of the 21 best fried chicken spots in America for 2015 by the website Thrillist. Chicken Shack, 1925 N. Ridge Ave., received praise from...

Evanston Township High School is often ranked relatively high compared with other public high schools in the state. Illinois as a whole received a “C” in education from an Education Week report released last week.

Report card for Illinois education draws attention to opportunity disparities

January 13, 2015

Education Week’s Quality Counts 2015 report gave Illinois a “C” in education in its annual assessment of states’ public K-12 schools.  The education report produced grades for the 50 U.S....

Sophomore cornerback Matthew Harris hits a Nebraska defender during Northwestern’s Oct. 18 game. Harris and fellow-corner Nick VanHoose will face a new challenge this weekend against pass-happy Notre Dame.

Football: VanHoose, Harris holding down cornerback position

November 14, 2014

Gameday Not too long ago, cornerback was a problem position for Northwestern. Last season — when the Wildcats allowed 256.2 passing yards per game, 102nd out of 124 Football Bowl Subdivision teams...

A mural is being created on the fence surrounding an empty lots on the corner of Davis Street and Oak Avenue. The lot was once home to Taco Diablo and other businesses, which were destroyed in a fire in December 2013.

City brings art to lot destroyed by December fire

October 23, 2014

Local artists will be working throughout the next few weeks to create a mural surrounding empty lots on the corner of Davis Street and Oak Avenue, where a fire in December 2013 destroyed three local...

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