Weinberg junior Shae Murphy was awarded the prestigious Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, Northwestern announced Monday. The award — known as the Voyager Scholarship — was created in...

In September 2022, married couple William Soler and Yohana Cabrera arrived in Evanston with their two sons. Their family sought refuge after receiving kidnapping and death threats from a drug cartel in...

Last fall, David Reynolds was hesitant to sell his hotel. The Homestead, a boutique hotel, had been an Evanston mainstay in the hospitality industry since before the Great Depression. For nearly 40...

Airbnb hosts in Evanston will automatically collect and remit a 7.5 percent Hotel/Motel and Vacation Rental Tax on bookings starting Feb. 1, according to an news release. The city and Airbnb finalized...

Aldermen voted Monday to add a tax on trips taken with ridesharing services such as Lyft and Uber to the proposed 2018 budget. The tax will raise the cost of each ride by 20 cents and would take effect...