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

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Alexis Lasker

Updated: Former Northwestern student Alexis Lasker commits suicide

November 13, 2013

Former Northwestern student Alexis Lasker committed suicide Saturday. She was 22. Lasker was pronounced dead on the scene at 3:28 p.m. Saturday in the 2500 block of West Fitch Avenue in Chicago, according...

John Bamberg, whose 23-year-old son was shot and killed last year, addresses an Evanston City Council committee in January. Bamberg is suing the city and its fire and police departments, alleging they did not "arrive timely" after his son was shot.

Father of slain man sues Evanston

September 25, 2013

The father of a slain Evanston man is suing the city and its police and fire departments, claiming they waited too long to respond to his son's shooting last year. In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal...

Brandon Hinton

Hazel Crest, Ill., man convicted in fatal attack on Evanston man

September 19, 2013

A Hazel Crest, Ill., man was convicted Thursday of killing an Evanston man two years ago near the Chicago border. A Cook County jury found Brandon Hinton, 28, guilty of first-degree murder for...

Updated: Police investigate apparent suicide in Evanston

September 16, 2013

Evanston police investigated an apparent suicide Monday evening in the 1000 block of Monroe Street, Cmdr. Jay Parrott said, citing preliminary information. The Cook County medical examiner's office...

Updated: Evanston police not ruling out robbery as motive in brothers’ shooting deaths

August 6, 2013

Police said Tuesday afternoon they have not ruled out robbery as a motive in the shooting deaths of two Evanston brothers. Authorities had previously said there were no signs of robbery after Azim Hakeem,...

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