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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

The McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove St. It announced Monday that it is closed until March 30 because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Evanston childcare centers that are still open take extra precautions

March 19, 2020

Evanston childcare centers have employed different measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including closing their doors to the public or staying open with extra precautions. The McGaw YMCA in...

Evanston man threatened with knife

February 3, 2019

A 50-year-old man was threatened with a knife on Thursday after a verbal altercation at his residence at the McGaw YMCA near the 1000 block of Grove Street. The man said he had an argument with another...

Blotter: Items stolen from Target

January 29, 2019

A 30-year-old woman tried to pass the checkout counter at Target with items she had not paid for. Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew said a 24-year-old Target employee reported Thursday that...

Shorefront founder Dino Robinson stands among archives. The city will honorarily name a portion of Church St. after Robinson for his work preserving Black history in the North Shore.

Evanston Organizes: Evanston’s black community lacked recognition for decades. Shorefront Legacy Center aims to give it to them.

November 8, 2018

This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston. In 1995, Dino Robinson — anxious to explore the city’s black history — picked apart local archives,...

Blotter: Two athletic club thefts occur at roughly same time

May 6, 2018

Two people reported theft Thursday afternoon, one at the LA Fitness at 1618 Sherman Ave. and the other at the McGaw YMCA at 1000 Grove St. At about 2:35 p.m., a 50-year-old Chicago man reported six...

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