“Paper or plastic?” It’s the quintessential question customers are asked at most grocery and retail stores — and starting January 2024, a question Evanston residents may no longer have to answer. Evanston...

Employees at Starbucks on Sherman Avenue and Clark Street voted 12-4 to unionize Thursday.  The store joined the national Starbucks Workers United movement when several of its employees filed for unionization...

City Council discussed plans to improve the city’s pedestrian crosswalks Monday. The city currently has 67 crossings, excluding those at controlled intersections — crossings regulated by traffic...

Nura Aly’s wheelchair sometimes gets stuck in sidewalk cracks on Main Street. The sudden stop catapults her out of the chair, and she lands face-first on the ground. “That’s happened so many times...

Metra cut four midday trains running through Evanston starting Monday, according to the rail system’s new schedule.  The trains will stop running to allow for the construction of a new Metra station...