Cook County Juvenile Detention Center

AMPED leadership, volunteers reflect on bridging music and service

November 10, 2024

When Bienen Prof. Maud Hickey founded Arts and Music Programs for Education in Detention Centers in 2012, she had no idea it would blossom into the program it is today. Hickey said AMPED started with...

Blotter: Evanston woman arrested in connection with domestic battery

August 29, 2017

An Evanston woman was arrested early Saturday morning in north Evanston in connection with domestic battery. Her boyfriend’s roommate called police to the 1500 block of Central Street when he was...

Evanston teens arrested in connection with motor vehicle thefts

November 15, 2016

Police arrested three juveniles in two separate motor vehicle thefts that occurred this weekend. In the first incident, a pizza delivery driver left his car running in southwest Evanston to deliver...

Student charged with felony arson at Evanston Township High School

April 11, 2016

A 16-year-old male student was charged with arson Monday after starting a locker fire at Evanston Township High School that afternoon. A school video revealed the boy, a Skokie resident, lighting a...

Teenager charged with shooting in central Evanston

July 30, 2015

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in connection with shooting a man in central Evanston. A 22-year-old man reported to police that he was shot Wednesday at about 4 p.m. in the 1700 block of Emerson...

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