Hazmat response shuts down street in Evanston
Evanston police said there is a hazmat response closing part of Chicago Avenue after a power was found at a health clinic Friday.
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Evanston police said there is a hazmat response closing part of Chicago Avenue after a power was found at a health clinic Friday.
Police said they've received numerous reports of people soliciting donations in public spaces for fake causes, including funerals.
The Chicago Transit Authority extended the No. 93 California/Dodge bus route to the Logan Square Blue Line subway station. The extension went into effect Sunday.
Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein organized the event and worried whether people would show up following the deadly mass shooting in Sydney, Australia.
Around 100 people showed up to light the Evanston menorah, but what happened in Sydney still weighed on their minds.
Evanston/Skokie District 65 is facing true financial problems, and board members know they must close at least one or more school in order to get a handle on its finances.
Round two of the northern lights on Wednesday might not have been as spectacular as round one on Tuesday, but it still had plenty of people out on the lakefront, trying to catch a view of the shimmering show above the Chicago area.
The CTA Red Line has resumed normal service between the Howard and Belmont stops after a medical emergency on the the tracks.
Evanston and Pilsen are looking to bounce back after having been impacted by immigration raids and confrontations.
Evanston and Pilsen are among the Chicago area neighborhoods and suburbs that have been impacted by immigration raids and confrontations.
Video recorded by witness Kerry Littel shows a Border Patrol agent pinning a man down on the street in Evanston, and repeatedly hitting him in the head as the man and witnesses tell agents he can't breathe. **WARNING: Video contains graphic language and violent images**
Jerky Jerk North co-owner Dwaine Campbell and members of the Evanston Cricket Club are hosting relief efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
Co-owner of the Jerky Jerk North restaurant, Dwaine Campbell, and Renne Stone and Trevor Warburton of the Evanston Cricket Club are raising funds for relief efforts in Jamaica.
Parents in Evanston, Illinois, are pushing district leaders to rethink closing schools, asking for other solutions to balance the district budget.
Some of the residents in Evanston said they have seen their rent increase by $1,000 since the company purchased their buildings three years ago.
Tenants have since formed a union, the Quadrel Tenants Union, and are threatening to sue Quadrel for violating local rent laws, such as adding unfair fees and not providing timely notices for lease renewals and terminations.
Evanston police said Yeison Diaz-Gomez, 21, was arrested on Monday and charged with felony attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery.
Yeison Diaz-Gomez, 21, was arrested on Monday and charged with felony attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery.
Sergio Hernandez, the board president for Evanston-Skokie School District 65, has resigned after mounting pressure from the community.
Chicago police are searching for a man suspected of breaking into three homes in the Rogers Park neighborhood last week, and sexually assaulting a woman in one of them.
Police recovered the Glock 22 following a short foot pursuit of a Chicago man's vehicle Sunday night.
Rapid response volunteers were organizing outside St. Jerome Catholic Church in Rogers Park hours after an ICE sighting caused morning parishioners to stay inside.
Evanston police said just before 1 a.m. Friday morning, a 27-year-old woman was attacked in the 1000 block of Dobson Street.
The first-ever Central Street Busker Fest is set for Saturday, Sept. 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Central Street Busker Fest is set for Saturday in Evanston, with a variety of street performers showing off their talents. Angela Shaffer of Central Street Evanston joins us with a preview.
