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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

Police Blotter: Burglar steals $9,500 in cash, jewelry from Dodge Avenue home

February 15, 2016

A burglar made off with $8,000 in cash and $1,500 worth of jewelry from a house in the 800 block of Dodge Avenue on Saturday night, police said. The burglar broke in through the front door between 6...

Police Blotter: Police increase patrolling around area of suspected gang activity

January 14, 2016

An anonymous source texted the Evanston Police Department tip line early Thursday morning to report a sighting of several suspected gang members, of which one or more were allegedly armed, police said. Police...

A man carries two plastic CVS bags out of the store.

City’s plastic bag ban off to smooth start

January 8, 2016

Evanston businesses have not experienced any major problems since the city’s plastic bag ban passed in July 2014, city officials said. Catherine Hurley, the city’s sustainability manager, said...

Police Blotter: Man robbed in downtown Evanston while looking for food shelter

November 19, 2015

A 20-year-old man was robbed Wednesday morning in downtown Evanston. The Evanston man told police he was walking in an alley in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue at about 7:30 a.m. when he asked two...

A Safe Ride car sits outside of University Library during the evening. The program designed to transport students safely during the night is still working out issues of high cancellation rates and low staffing this quarter.

Safe Ride works to improve app, reduce cancellation rates

November 5, 2015

Officials in charge of Northwestern's Safe Ride service are using this academic year to tackle two problems the free ride service faces — high cancellation rates and long wait times. Safe Ride introduced...

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