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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


Gun in the center with a red circle “banned” sign over it.

As Evanston marks 10 years of gun buyback, some say further change is necessary

October 27, 2022

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence.  Ten years ago, Navy veteran and Evanston resident Carolyn Murray said she heard gunshots outside her home every night.  “During...

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church celebrates 125 years with prayers, song, food

April 29, 2019

With spirits and voices as vibrant as the colorful streamers that were distributed for the day’s celebration, congregants of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church celebrated the 125th anniversary of the...

The pipe organ inside Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The property the church was built on was purchased in 1916, after the members had worshipped in a plumbers union hall.

‘A church of families’: Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church celebrates 125th anniversary

April 23, 2019

As Christians around the world finished celebrating Holy Week on Sunday, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty proclaimed April 21-28 to be Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church week. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist...

Simeon Wright, Emmett Till’s cousin, tells his eyewitness account Sunday of Till’s story to community members at an Evanston church. Wright said the story of his death is still being told inaccurately after almost 60 years.

Emmett Till’s cousin gives eyewitness account of relative’s death, says little has changed

April 26, 2015

Almost 60 years have passed since the murder of Emmett Till, but people still do not tell his story accurately, Till’s cousin Simeon Wright said Sunday in Evanston. Through a retelling of his eyewitness...

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