Page 24 - Ryan Field News Today

Evanston’s Land Use Commission Wednesday night voted unanimously to send approval of Northwestern University’s Ryan Field rebuild proposal to the City Council but denied a recommendation for zoning changes that would allow the university to host events such as concerts. The 7-2 zoning vote came after Chair Matt Rodgers attempted to simplify the amendment by removing details he felt would be ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. A man charged in the 2021 slaying of Chicago police Officer Ella French pleaded guilty to three felonies this morning in exchange for a seven-year prison sentence during a hearing packed with police officers and French’s family. Eric Morgan, 25, was charged with 11 felonies, including gun charges and a count of obstruction of justice, but he was not charged with murder ...

“We ask those who still oppose this project to consider the price of letting it fail,” the Evanston NAACP chairman and a former mayor write.

Those who oppose the current plan for Ryan Field have outlined core tenets to make the proposal benefit the city, Evanston resident Sebastian Nalls writes.

Event will include 4,500 presentations and 1,200 companies in three sector-focused exhibitions.

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You can contact the photo editor by emailing photo@dailynorthwestern.com. After a week of homecoming festivities, Northwestern students and alumni gathered at tailgates Saturday. Purple pride...

In a letter sent to the City of Evanston Land Use Commission Friday, a representative of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office expressed concerns over Northwestern’s tentative plans to rebuild Ryan Field. Evanston and NU sit on the traditional homelands of several Indigenous nations, including the Potawatomi Nation. Friday’s letter,...

What is this diary? After each week, I take a deep dive into the box scores and team pages from Pro Football Focus, Game on Paper, College Football Data, and more websites for as many Big Ten teams as I can manage. I try to cover as many teams as I can each week, but life often makes that impossible. (This week, it didn't! I covered every team that played! [Kinda.]) I try to generate a couple blurbs based on the statistics I find compelling from each game/team.

Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the university and its president citing breach of contract for his firing amid the school's hazing scandal.

Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school, saying it wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department.