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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


Chicago man charged with threatening to blow up Evanston civic center, police department

May 3, 2013

Evanston police on Thursday arrested a Chicago man who, angry over a parking ticket, allegedly threatened to blow up two city buildings. Vincente L. Alford, 33, called Evanston Police Department four...

Evanston firefighters and officials examine the damage of a fire Wednesday evening. The blaze broke out in the 1900 block of Hartrey Avenue.

1 dead in west Evanston fire

April 24, 2013

An Evanston man died this evening after an apartment fire on the city's west side, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. The blaze broke out shortly after 5 p.m. in the 1900 block of Hartrey Avenue, Bobkiewicz...

Blotter: April 23

April 22, 2013

Man threatens Whole Foods employee with gun An man allegedly brandished a handgun Friday, threatening a Whole Foods Market employee in downtown Evanston. The employee, a 38-year-old Chicago man,...

Elemo I. Mohamed was arrested Saturday after Evanston Police found nearly $9,000 in likely drug money and dozens of bullets inside a safe in his car following a routine traffic stop.

Evanston Police: Convicted felon caught with bullets, drugs during traffic stop

April 22, 2013

Evanston Police say they found nearly $9,000 in likely drug money and dozens of bullets when they pulled over a car with a convicted felon in it this weekend near the Chicago border. Elemo I. Mohamed,...

Evanston Police inspect the scene where a 74-year-old woman drove her van into the CVS in downtown Evanston, breaking the store's window and damaging part of its brick wall.

Updated: Woman drives van into downtown Evanston CVS

April 16, 2013

A 74-year-old woman drove her van into CVS in downtown Evanston on Tuesday afternoon, damaging part of the store’s brick wall and breaking its window. The woman hit the accelerator while trying to...

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