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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


The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Residents signed a petition to support full funding for the city’s Youth and Young Adult division, which faces potential budget cuts.

Residents petition to protect Youth and Young Adult division from budget cuts

June 1, 2018

About 1,100 residents have signed a petition to support full funding for the Youth and Young Adult division as the program faces cuts during the city’s priority-based budgeting process, the division’s...

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at an event. Emergency preparedness, job opportunities and a food scrap collection service were discussed at a 9th Ward meeting Saturday.

Residents, officials discuss emergency preparedness, food scrap collection at ward meeting

February 18, 2018

City officials and residents discussed emergency preparedness, job opportunities and a food scrap collection service at a 9th Ward meeting Saturday morning. About 10 people attended the event, during...

Evanston Police Department, 1454 Elmwood Ave. A former Evanston police detective was accused of assisting the Organización de Narcotraficantes Unidos by providing firearms.

Despite slight drop in gun violence, local leaders say more work remains

April 23, 2017

Although gun violence in Evanston dipped slightly this past fall and winter compared to the same time period stretching from 2015 into 2016, local leaders say there is still plenty of work to be done to...

Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. On Monday, officials held the first of five equity town halls to address “issues of access, equity and empowerment.”

New equity coordinator leads town hall discussion

April 17, 2017

Rev. Dr. Patricia Efiom, Evanston’s new equity and empowerment coordinator, had some tough questions for the city at a town hall on Monday at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. “Can we own up...

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl speaks at a town hall Tuesday evening. Tisdahl said Evanston was “on our own” when it comes to state and federal support at a town hall Tuesday evening.

Tisdahl: Evanston ‘on our own’ with state, federal funding

February 22, 2017

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said Evanston was “on our own” when it comes to state and federal support at a town hall Tuesday evening. Tisdahl focused on the city’s response to state and federal policies...

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