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Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss decreed April 6, 2024 as Evanston’s official “Mee-Ow Show Day” on Saturday, honoring the longest running college improv and sketch comedy show in America. “Join the observance of the day with appropriate mirth to honor people, the rights and duties of heartfelt spontaneous comedy in the practice of good citizenship,” Biss...

Local skater Adam Eichorn turned toward two police cars guarding the entrance to the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Evanston’s new skate park, took out his phone and snapped a picture. He laughed to himself, eyes crinkling behind sunglasses and a white trucker hat. “That’s a great picture,” Eichorn said. Many of the older skaters have stories...

The mayor of a Chicago suburb wants part of a $20 million county grant to turn an abandoned office building into a migrant shelter.

The mayor of a Chicago suburb wants part of a $20 million county grant to turn an abandoned office building into a migrant shelter.

The city is considering applying for a $20 million pot of money from Cook County meant to support suburbs to help migrants.

Ahead of a mid-April court hearing, Ryan Field neighbors and the Most Livable City Association have pushed back on Northwestern and Evanston’s motion to dismiss three of four counts from their lawsuit over the stadium’s zoning change, which allows public-facing concerts at the venue. MLCA and 13 stadium neighbors filed a civil complaint against Evanston...

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University is exploring a plan to construct temporary facilities to hold the school’s football games at an athletic field on campus while the permanent home of the football team is under construction. According to an internal memo from City of Evanston Planning Manager Liz Williams to Mayor Daniel Biss and other […]

City Council voted 3-4 to reject introducing an ordinance that would remove term limits from the city’s board, commission and committee members at the end of its Monday night meeting. Residents serving on most of these bodies will continue to be limited to two full terms, which usually last two years.  Ald. Clare Kelly (1st),...

Evanston City Council members reapproved a contract Monday for a real estate firm to broker a move out of the Morton Civic Center.

If Trump is reelected, he will have complete immunity, a reader from Deerfield writes.