1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (810+ words) The Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies will close in three weeks. A property disposition report on Monday's District 65 board agenda says the school system has received inquiries from six organizations about the property which it plans to sell. Two…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago  (397+ words) Hundreds of Wildkits left the den permanently as they switched the tassels on their mortarboards at the end of ETHS" 143rd commencement, held Sunday at Northwestern"s Welsh-Ryan Arena. After comments from District 202"s Superintendent Marcus Campbell, senior Jackson A. Stroth delivered…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (237+ words) Bill was born and raised in Evanston and has journalism degrees from Northwestern University and a law degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. A broadcast news reporter, producer and anchor in Detroit and other cities, he taught journalism at…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (343+ words) The annual YEA! (Young Evanston Artists) art show at Raymond Park Saturday featured pieces from pre-high school youngsters attending public and private schools in the District 65 attendance zone. Schools and preschools displayed all manner of art chosen for exhibit by…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (674+ words) Since Gov. JB Pritzker first proposed his "Building Up Illinois Developments, or BUILD, Plan earlier this year, there has been so far little movement in advancing legislation supporting the proposed housing agenda. But what has lacked in legislative action has…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (259+ words) A second person has been charged in connection with an April 21 shooting incident on Howard Street that left one man injured. Cmdr. Ken Carter announced Friday evening that 19-year-old Cajmere T. Lemond, of the 1700 block of Monroe Street, was arrested Thursday....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (205+ words) The annual Dillo Day music festival on Northwestern University's lakefill campus is expected to draw a crowd of more than 10, 000 registered attendees Saturday. The lakefill will be closed to the general public starting around 8 a. m. The music festival is scheduled to…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (157+ words) A planned entertainment venue tailored to adults is looking to be a new hub for coffee and comedy on Howard Street. Culture Connects 707, at 707 Howard St. , hopes to convert the space into a dual-purpose "comedy cafe" " serving as a cafe…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (586+ words) Evanston's Social Services Committee advanced to City Council Thursday a proposed pilot program that would provide financial assistance to low- and moderate-income households facing unexpected financial hardship. The Emergency Subsistence Payment program would pay up to three months of housing…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (445+ words) Shops in the Main-Dempster Mile business corridors were abuzz Thursday evening as patrons "crawled" up and down the area's main thoroughfares in search of drinks and interesting art to take home. Nearly all of the businesses on the 800 block of…...