Julia Esparza, Assistant City Editor
February 24, 2018
Filed under City, Latest Stories, Local
Evanston reduced speed limits on Ridge Avenue to 25 mph in order to reduce the number of crashes.
According to a news release Friday, the city reduced the speed limit on Ridge Avenue from Howard to Emerson Streets, down from...
Julia Esparza, Assistant City Editor
February 22, 2018
Filed under City, Crime, Latest Stories
A 60-year-old Evanston man reported a theft from his car Tuesday morning.
The resident said he left his car parked in the 800 block of Madison Street at 10 p.m. Monday and returned 9 a.m. Tuesday to find his car unlocked and...
Julia Esparza, Assistant City Editor
February 21, 2018
Filed under City, Crime, Latest Stories, Police
A 57-year-old Evanston man said he found his car sitting on pavers, missing its tires and wheels Tuesday morning.
The man said he saw the car in his driveway in the 700 block of Wesley Avenue with the tires at 11 p.m. Monday...
Amelia Langas, Copy Chief
February 20, 2018
Filed under City, Crime, Latest Stories, Local, Police
Evanston Police Department charged two men on Feb.16 and Feb. 19 in connection with three robberies from early February.
Nineteen-year-old Mario Rucker and 26-year-old Daniel Jones, both Evanston residents, were charged se...
February 20, 2018
February 18, 2018
February 17, 2018
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
The Evanston Police Department thanks the Daily Northwestern Editorial Board for its Feb. 11 commentary regarding body cameras’ role in resolving Evanston police issues and racial bias. Focusing attention upon a perceived problem is essential to its resolution. The edi...
February 16, 2018
Julia Esparza, Assistant City Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under City, Crime, Latest Stories, Local
Police arrested a 15-year-old Chicago resident Tuesday and charged him with felony aggravated vehicular hijacking relating to a car theft Feb. 1.
Detectives from another jurisdiction took the boy into custody Tuesday in connectio...
February 14, 2018
Julia Esparza, Assistant City Editor
February 13, 2018
Filed under City, Crime, Latest Stories
A 19-year-old Evanston man reported being robbed of his phone and $800 in south Evanston.
The Evanston resident said he was walking in the 300 block of Asbury Avenue toward the Red Line at 2:45 p.m. Saturday when four men approached...
The Daily Northwestern Editorial Board
February 12, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
As incident after incident has shown, the issues of racial bias and excessive force that pervade police departments across the country also affect Evanston police — most recently illustrated in the detainment of 60-year-old b...
