A man found dead in Lake Michigan on Friday has been identified as Pengjun Shen, Evanston police said. Shen, 28, was a University of Chicago graduate student, said Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry...

A 34-year-old man was arrested the morning of Jan. 7 in connection with obstruction of justice for providing a false name during a traffic stop, police said. The man — a Chicago resident — was...

Two girls have reported separate incidents of a man on a bicycle approaching them on their way to school, Evanston police said Friday. Detectives in EPD’s Juvenile Bureau are investigating whether...

Evanston residents can now text 911 if they are unable to call in an emergency, police announced last week. Evanston police created the program after discovering the department receives 70 percent of...

Evanston home burglarized Tuesday A 40-year-old Evanston resident reported Tuesday a burglary at his home, police said.  An unknown person entered a garage in the 1800 block of Ashland Avenue sometime...