After serving for more than 26 years, Division Chief Geoff Block retired last month from the Evanston fire department. “(I will miss) the people I work with and the different challenges everyday,”...

The Evanston man who died after a house fire last week never hesitated to lend a hand at the church across the street from his home, congregation members said. Retired city worker Freddie Davis was...

A former city employee died Wednesday after a house fire in west Evanston, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. The blaze broke out shortly after 5 p.m. in the 1900 block of Hartrey Avenue, and the...

An overnight downpour dumped more than 4 inches of rain Thursday, flooding dozens of Northwestern buildings and Evanston streets. Students at 15 residential halls and 10 sorority houses woke up to find...