Local police are stepping up safety patrols around the city’s Jewish institutions after a gunman shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire in a synagogue last weekend, rattling the nation’s Jewish community....
Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said at a rally on Sunday that she hopes Evanston will seek to alter its code to ensure federal authorities cannot ask the city to hold people they are looking to deport.
Tisdahl...
Maxine Lange, a former Evanston alderman and activist, died Monday at the age of 81.
Lange served on City Council from 1971 to 1979 and was also a teacher and health care administrator.
“She...
Burglar allegedly takes electronics, piggy bank containing more than $10,000
Someone broke into a 38-year-old Evanston man's home in the 1700 block of Leland Avenue on Tuesday, Evanston Police Cmdr....
Margaret Nelson said she dreams of walking through Evanston to catch the night sky over Lake Michigan. The city's crime is the only thing between her and that scenic stroll, she said.
Nelson, a volunteer...
