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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


Blotter: $1,000 of copper wire stolen

October 9, 2018

Evanston Police Department officers responded to a report of a burglary at 729 Howard St. in South Evanston on Monday. An Evanston facilities supervisor reported the burglary in the vacant storefront...

Evanston Police Department officers at the 800 block of Emerson street. A crane set up on the site dropped a steel beam on two construction workers on Thursday.

One worker killed, another in critical condition after crane accident

October 9, 2018

One construction worker was killed and another injured after a steel beam fell at a construction site in Evanston on Tuesday. Construction workers were unloading steel beams from a truck at 8:25 a.m....

An Evanston Police Department squad car. EPD reported that 16 people were taken to the hospital on Dillo Day this year.

Police: hospital transports slightly up, citations down on Dillo Day

June 5, 2018

Sixteen people were taken to the hospital for alcohol intoxication during Dillo Day this year, an increase from 15 people last year and a decrease from 28 people in 2016, police said. The Evanston Police...

Evanston Police Department investigate a head-on collision on Monday night. At roughly 7:30 p.m., the Audi in the photo collided with a vehicle, occupied by an elderly woman, causing her multiple injuries, Evanston police Communications Coordinator Perry Polinski said.

Elderly woman injured in head-on collision on Dempster

June 5, 2018

Two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision near the intersection of Dempster Street and Fowler Avenue early Monday evening. Evanston police are following up on the crash investigation, but Evanston...

Blotter: Chicago man charged with retail theft of shampoo

April 8, 2018

A Chicago man was arrested in connection with retail theft Friday morning. At approximately 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of retail theft at the CVS at 101 Asbury Ave., Evanston police...

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