Evanston resident Martin Mancera was looking for a job in 1999. Through someone he knew at the Robert Crown Community Center, he found one as a bilingual park assistant at Clyde-Brummel Park in south Evanston. There,...

Delores Holmes, former 5th Ward councilmember and co-founder of parent support organization Family Focus, died Tuesday, the city announced in a news release. Holmes spent 27 years serving as the director...

Four years ago, Stacey Moragne Sr., an outreach worker for the Evanston Youth and Young Adult Division, helped Evanston Township High School senior Damarion Timberlake join the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment...

Evanston just opened registration for the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which connects local teens with workforce opportunities to help them explore career fields and become familiar with...

iKandi hair salon owner Kandi Corbbins learned how to style hair from a young age.  As a child, she was the neighborhood hair braider. Now, Corbbins’ salon is one of the only Black-owned businesses...