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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Evanston Police Department squad cars.

City approves $1.25 million settlement for man hit by police car during chase

April 10, 2019

City officials approved a $1.25 million settlement with Paul Caldwell at a Monday City Council meeting, three years after he was struck by a vehicle being pursued by two Evanston police officers.   On...

An Evanston Police Department squad car. EPD officers charged Sandoval Cobian with two counts of first degree murder on Thursday.

Police charge Chicago resident with homicide in ‘romantic rivalry’

March 16, 2019
Officers arrested and charged 38-year-old Sandoval Cobian with two counts of first degree murder.
Health and Human Services Director Evonda Thomas-Smith speaks at a city meeting. Thomas-Smith said the YWCA has the capacity to provide the domestic violence crisis intervention services and 24-hour coverage the city is currently lacking

Aldermen approve service agreement with YWCA to fund domestic violence services

March 13, 2019

At a Monday meeting, City Council voted 7-2 to authorize a service provider agreement with YWCA Evanston/North Shore to provide domestic violence services. The six-month service agreement, which will...

Evanston police are investigating a Friday evening death as a homicide. A man was found dead in the 1800 block of Simpson Street Friday night.

Police investigating death of a Chicago resident in Evanston as a homicide

March 9, 2019

A Chicago man was found dead Friday night in a yard in the 1800 block of Simpson Street. Evanston Police Department officers responded to the scene near Twiggs Park at 9:35 p.m., where they found the...

Evanston Organizes: Officer and Gentlemen Academy rallies community around youth

Evanston Organizes: Officer and Gentlemen Academy rallies community around youth

March 8, 2019

Growing up in a single-parent household in Chicago’s south suburbs, Evanston Police Department Officer Adam Howard lacked a positive male figure. To him, being a role model for Evanston’s youth is...

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