Despite the overall crime rate remaining flat in 2014, crimes against persons in Evanston decreased by 20.8 percent compared to 2013, according to newly released police data.
Evanston police officers...
Resident threatened with gun, robbed
An 18-year-old Evanston resident was robbed of his cellphone and wallet Sunday morning.
Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said two males approached the resident...
An off-duty Evanston police officer exchanged gunfire Thursday with two people while they robbed a bar in an Illinois suburb, police said.
Two men, armed with handguns, entered a bar in East Hazel...
Juvenile put in headlock during attempted robbery
Three young men attempted to rob a juvenile Wednesday in the 600 block of Sheridan Road, police said.
The boy had previously planned to meet up...
Bienen lecturer Frank Almond is recovering well but remains “heartbroken” following the theft of a nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin in Milwaukee on Monday night, University spokesman Al Cubbage...
