2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (244+ words) A new cafe is coming this fall to the Dr. Jorge & Luz Maria Prieto Community Center, and the Evanston Parks and Recreation Department and Councilmember Juan Geracaris (9th Ward) are inviting the community to help name it. The new cafe will…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (334+ words) The Chicago Union, a professional Ultimate Frisbee Association team that has called Evanston home for its last three seasons, is packing up and moving back to Elmhurst University’s Langhorst Field in the west suburbs starting next year, the team announced…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (255+ words) Gilo Logan, son of Evanston’s first Black police chief Bill Logan and children’s book author, has entered the race for next year’s special mayoral election. Logan, 60, filed his political bid with the Illinois State Board of Elections on Friday, Sept....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (646+ words) The city’s Putting Assets to Work, or PAW, program was intended to involve Evanstonians in re-imagining uses for three of its under-served buildings: the former civic center, the Noyes Cultural Arts Center and the police/fire headquarters. For several years,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (499+ words) Richard continues to act in theater, television, commercials and corporate training videos. But she never stopped writing. After she read the memoir Heavy by Kiese Laymon, Richard decided that medium was the right fit for her stories. Another memoirist who…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (388+ words) The Chicago Stars FC will continue to make Evanston its home base, as the professional women’s soccer team announced Tuesday that it will play its 2027 home season at Northwestern University’s Martin Stadium. The women’s soccer team will host 15 home matches…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (372+ words) Prosecutors from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office filed a “motion for other crimes” against Carlos Mendez on Monday, one of two former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 employees accused of sex crimes against a child under 18. Mendez, 51, the former assistant…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (186+ words) Evanston RoundTable The Mexican Shop on Dempster Street as seen after closing time from underneath the Metra viaduct. The store has been in Evanston for six decades. The Mexican Shop is seen at its current location, 801 Dempster St. The store…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (1055+ words) Summer is coming to a close, which means that school is right around the corner. The going-back-to-school transition can be a welcome relief (to parents and caregivers, mostly) or a bit daunting. But if you’re a parent looking to put…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (137+ words) Evanston RoundTable An Evanston woman has been arrested and charged with attempting to murder a 61-year-old man with her vehicle in Chicago. Ivory Buchanan, 41, of the 1300 block of Brummell St., is charged with one felony count of attempted first-degree murder…...