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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


John Szostek writes suggestions for improvement of the Main Street Metra Station on a large map at a workshop hosted by the city Thursday. Szostek leases the land where the station is located, and he said he wants to see more people on the street corner.

Evanston hosts first meeting on Chicago-Main transit to gauge community needs

April 12, 2013

More than 40 residents offered suggestions Thursday night to improve the area near Evanston’s Main Street station on the Purple Line in a workshop hosted by the city. The group met at Lincoln Elementary...

A man died Sunday night after falling on the electrified third rail at the CTA station on Howard Street, officials said. The El stop is near the Chicago-Evanston border.

Man dies after falling down stairs at CTA station on Howard Street

March 19, 2013

An apparently drunk man died early this morning after falling down the stairs at the CTA station on Howard Street, the Chicago Police Department said. Keith Anderson of the 1400 block of South Canal...

Northwestern Law students will be some of the first to use CTA's new Ventra ticketing system when it debuts Monday.

CTA to install surveillance cameras in existing railcars

February 14, 2013

The Chicago Transit Authority is installing surveillance cameras in about 850 rail cars to assist law enforcement, according to a news release. CTA began last week its seven-month project to retrofit...

CTA employee John Fasula died while saving an elderly woman in a Chicago fire Jan. 22. Fasula worked on the Purple Line which runs through Evanston.

Evanston officials honor CTA worker killed in Chicago fire

January 29, 2013

A Chicago Transit Authority employee who frequently worked in Evanston died Jan. 22 in a Chicago fire while saving an elderly woman. Evanston officials mourned the man, John Fasula, last week, remembering...

Obama staffers applaud the president following his remarks at the campaign headquarters in Chicago on the morning after Election Night. Obama beat former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to win a second term in the White House.

Northwestern student-interns reflect on life inside Obama campaign

November 9, 2012

About nine hours after President Barack Obama declared electoral victory before thousands of screaming supporters in Chicago, his campaign staff woke up to their Blackberries and iPhones buzzing with a...

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