Cook County will withhold prosecuting many low-level drug offenses, and instead will refer offenders to treatment programs, the state’s attorney announced Monday.
The policy changes aim to keep nonviolent...
City Council continued its discussion of the proposed 2015 budget Monday, raising questions about the Evanston Public Library levy tax and the Evanston Animal Shelter funding.
Aldermen asked city...
A federal judge has dismissed all but two claims in a lawsuit against the city that alleges Evanston police falsely arrested a man in 2010 who was later acquitted of murder.
In a ruling filed Wednesday,...
A Skokie man is alleging Evanston police officers were involved in an attack that left him hospitalized for several days and required surgery to put a metal plate in his head.
In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday,...
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...
