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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


Northwestern Law students will be some of the first to use CTAs 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 30, 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...

CTA rehabilitating Noyes El station

October 17, 2012

Chicago Transit Authority “Renew Crews” will work on the Purple Line’s Noyes El stop throughout the next six weeks. Improvements including paint removal and reapplication, power washing, gutter...

The CTAs Crowding Reduction Plan cuts 12 bus routes, including Evanstons 201 Night Route. (Mariam Gomaa/The Daily Northwestern)

CTA board approves decongestion plan, cuts Evanston bus route

September 12, 2012

The Chicago Transit Authority board on Wednesday approved a decongestion plan that eliminates the only bus serving Evanston after the Purple Line closes. The CTA's Crowding Reduction Plan, which was...

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