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Video: Evanston reacts to Biden dropping out
Sunday was a historic day. President Joe Biden announced that he will drop out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. “I believe it is in the best interest of our party and the country for me to stand down,” he wrote. Within an hour, the RoundTable asked residents in downtown Evanston how they heard about the news and how they were feeling. (Video by Richard Cahan)
One Midwest Town Makes America’s Richest Cities List, And It’s In Illinois
When you look at a list of the wealthiest cities in America and see only places from both coasts and nothing in the Midwest, you start to think. Like "Is the Midwest not on par with the rest of the country when it comes to money?" The Veranda study, a...
Here in Evanston: The lay of the land
Lake-blocked to the east and essentially landlocked in the other directions, compact Evanston can’t get any bigger. In fact, it seems to have shrunk. For years, Evanston officially contained 8.5 square miles of land. About 20 years ago, though, when the ward boundaries were being redrawn, the late activist Debbie Hillman noticed that the whole of Evanston was about a half square mile smaller than the sum of its parts. City of Evanston staff had been working quietly for several months to come up with the correct figure.
Picturing Evanston: From ‘resist’ to ‘sister’
Evanston’s Wordle of the day – someone reacted quickly to the presidential news and rearranged the “RESIST” yard sign on Asbury Avenue south of Greenleaf Street. (Photo by Joerg Metzner) Joerg Metzner is the creator and photographer behind "Picturing Evanston" (picturing-evanston.com), a community oriented project that...
Latest news from Evanston: Your Friday daily digest
Newsletter images missing? Read this on the web instead. Good Friday morning, Evanston. Above, Corrie Fisher showcases her warbler replica in support of an exhibit called Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene that is enlisting residents to craft more than 10,000 birds to call attention to the dangers that building windows pose to birds. (Photo by Richard Cahan.)
Fifth ward school to be named “Foster School” at groundbreaking, decades in the making
In 2005, Evanston native Jerome Summers started his fight to reopen a 5th Ward neighborhood school, Foster School, which he had attended through the fifth grade in the ‘60s. That is until he began getting bussed to the primarily white Lincolnwood Elementary as part of the city’s integration initiative that, he said, ended up being “terrible” for the community.
Jennifer Hudson surprises fans at Common's concert for Millennium Park 20th anniversary celebration
Millennium Park is still being celebrated this weekend as the can't miss attraction in Chicago turned 20 years old this week.The city continued its four-day celebration on Saturday, with Chicago music artist Common performing a concert with the Grant Park Orchestra.Jennifer Hudson also made a surprise appearance, delighting fans in the packed crowd.The concert started at 7:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Most reserved spots appeared to be sold out ahead of the show.Lawn seating for the concert was free, and many fans had lined up to get into the venue well before the show got underway. The event...
Chicago mayor defends shutdown of homeless site
(The Center Square) – The mayor of Chicago says his administration did not close a prominent homeless site in the city because of the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Chicago Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Brandie Knazze said earlier this month that the City acted proactively by closing the encampment near the Dan Ryan Expressway and Roosevelt Road. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the site was not closed because of...
Prom for senior (citizens) takes place on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Their high school prom may have been decades ago, but for a moment in time, for some seniors in Roseland, Friday was prom day as some residents showed how they turned back the clock and danced the day away. Feeling good about how you look never gets old."The good part about it is that you're happy."Ninety-five-year-old 95-year Delorse Williams feels 16 all over again. She's reflecting on her high school prom experience…"I remember I got a good kiss, haha," said Williams.Because on Friday, she got to relive it. It's Senior Prom Day at Roseland Place, a senior living facility...
Cook County is full of 'fake' lakes. They help tell the story of development in the area.
Denny Hebson is a longtime Glenview, Illinois resident. But it wasn’t until a few years ago, while riding his bike along the Des Plaines River Trail, that he realized there were a large number of lakes near his home — along with smatterings of small ponds. On one...
Our Chicago: Tornados Touch Down Across The Chicago Area
The numbers are pretty remarkable: The National Weather Service confirmed, more than two dozen tornadoes touched down across the Chicago area last Sunday and Monday.Five of those were here in the city.The tornadoes brought down trees and damaged buildings. Power lines fell onto I-55, shutting down a portion of the expressway for more than two days. In Cedar Lake, Indiana, a woman was killed when a tree fell onto her home. According to the National Weather Service, there is typically an average of 50 tornadoes across Illinois per year.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchSo, what happened...
Illinois Has 1, Wisconsin With 2 of Top 40 Best Cities in America
The annual 'Best Cities' rankings from Resonance have been released, and some of the towns that made the list may surprise you, while others are right where you'd expect. Before you see the list of America's Best Cities, how many U.S. towns made the World's Best list?. In their 2024...
'My tax bill increased 86%': Cook County homeowners confront assessor about property tax hike
COOK COUNTY - Homeowners in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are reeling from a dramatic increase in property taxes, with some expressing their frustrations directly to Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on Saturday. "When my wife saw the tax bill, the first thing she said, like the gentleman said earlier,...
State Funding for Chicago Public Schools: $1.1 Billion vs. $503 Million – Governor Pritzker Pushes Back Against Mayor Johnson’s Claim
Governor J.B. Pritzker rejects Mayor Brandon Johnson’s claim for $1.1 billion in state aid for Chicago Public Schools, arguing that the true cost to fully fund the district is lower and that it’s not the state’s job to cover local financial mistakes. Pritzker Disputes Chicago’s $1.1 Billion School Aid Claim, Citing Lower Funding Needs According […]
Chicago ranks as one of most stressed cities in country
(The Center Square) – With the city of Chicago ranking as one of the most stressful places to live in the country in a new WalletHub survey, Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says there’s a good reason why so many area residents feel the malaise that they do. “J.B. Pritzker has destroyed safety and security in the city,” Miller told The Center Square. “The second thing that I think would be causing people stress is as a parent they're turning the education system into not...
City Launches West Side Door-Knocking Campaign To Combat Overdose Deaths
AUSTIN —The city is launching a new outreach program on the West Side in response to a spike in overdose-induced deaths at the hands of the city’s opioid epidemic. The program, dubbed the Summer Overdose Safety campaign (or Operation S.O.S), will deploy “trained outreach workers with a goal of covering the nearly 1,300 blocks of the West Side that experienced at least one overdose-related EMS response [in 2023],” according to a press release from the Chicago Department of Public Health.
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