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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


Two bottles of orange hot sauce and one bottle of a yellow-green hot sauce, all with labels that say “Awe-Sauce Hot Sauce” with a pepper below. The background is filled with red peppers hanging from green plants.

Evanston resident builds handcrafted hot-sauce brand

April 21, 2021

Verzell James has brought 100 boxes of Awe-Sauce, his hand-crafted hot sauce, to various shops and restaurants around the city. His goal? To expand, to succeed and to show others they too can grow a business...

A surplus $1 dollar coins are seen in storage at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in Baltimore, Maryland on August 22, 2011. Evanston small business owners and minimum wage employees expressed concerns with the increased minimum wage.

Business owners, workers criticize minimum wage ordinance

January 29, 2020

The motto of Hecky’s Barbecue may be “It’s the Sauce,” but for owner Hecky Powell the restaurant's mission is about more than just finding the perfect flavor. Formerly the executive director...

Evanston mayor Steve Hagerty addresses participants at the 2018 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program job fair. The program connects “at-risk” teenagers with employment opportunities and training.

Some Evanston teenagers say Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program wages not enough

October 22, 2019

When Bernice Olla-Chatman’s brother prepared to leave for college this summer, her mother, who single-handedly raises three children, was about to face more financial burden. The Evanston Township High...

Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) speaks at a city meeting. Following resident concerns, restructuring to Evanston’s Youth and Young Adult division will be postponed for six months.

City Manager postpones Youth and Young Adult division restructuring

November 26, 2018

City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz has postponed making any changes to the Youth and Young Adult division staff for six months, said Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd). Bobkiewicz had initiated plans to move Kevin...

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz at a City Council meeting. Bobkiewicz said he plans to restructure staff in the Youth and Young Adults division, causing confusion amongst aldermen and residents.

Plans to restructure Youth and Young Adult division causes confusion

October 31, 2018

The city’s plan to restructure Evanston’s Youth and Young Adult division’s staff was met with confusion from residents and aldermen at an Oct. 22 City Council meeting. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz...

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