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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.)
Latest construction plans reported for Fifth Ward Foster School
Over the next few weeks, site demolition and ground improvement for the foundation of the Fifth Ward Foster School will begin. Preliminary dates for the construction process were shared at Thursday’s school construction update meeting. Eight-foot fencing will go up around the site by the end of the month...
Union representatives seek support for city bidding reform
Local union representatives and members in favor of a Responsible Bidder Ordinance spoke to the city’s Minority, Women, Disadvantaged and Evanston Business Enterprise Development Committee at the Morton Civic Center on Wednesday. Jeremy Esparza, a labor attorney for Laborers Local One, explained that the ordinance, which would impact publicly...
Democratic Party of Evanston hosts training on voter outreach
On Wednesday evening at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center at 1655 Foster St., roughly 75 “inhibited activists” – a mostly older crowd (gray hairs were more the rule than the exception) – filed in, filling the folding chairs that were arranged classroom style. They were there for...
Tornadoes Confirmed in Villa Park and Glen Ellyn to Lombard Areas During 48-Hour Storm
Lombard, IL – The recent 48-hour storm system that impacted the Midwest has been confirmed to have produced tornadoes in the Villa Park and Glen Ellyn to Lombard areas. The National Weather Service (NWS) provided these updates following comprehensive damage assessments. According to the NWS, an EF-0 tornado touched...
DuPage County Forest Preserve District the Latest to Put Funding Increase Referendum on the Ballot
You can’t put a price on a day spent in nature. Or can you?. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is asking voters to approve a 0.035% increase in property taxes when they head to the polls on Nov. 5. It’s the first such request from the district since 2006.
Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy to headline annual ‘Chicago Live!’ performing arts festival at Navy Pier
CHICAGO — Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy will headline this year’s ‘Chicago Live!’ a free annual performing arts festival returning to the Navy Pier in September. Chicago Live! exclusively features performances from Chicago-based and Chicago-grown artists across five stages at the Navy Pier over two days. Organizers say this year’s event will be the largest yet […]
Man gets new 27-year sentence in failed 2012 Chicago bomb plot
A federal judge on Friday sentenced a suburban man to 27 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of court-supervised release for his attempt to kill hundreds of people with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb outside a Loop bar more than a decade ago.
Chicago crime: 25-year-old man critically wounded after being shot in Walmart parking lot
CHICAGO - A man was critically wounded after being shot in a Walmart parking lot on Chicago's Far South Side Friday afternoon. At about 3:40 p.m., a 25-year-old man was in a physical altercation with an unknown offender in the Walmart parking lot, located at 10900 S. Doty Ave., when the offender produced a handgun and fired shots, police said.
Chicago man supplied illegal narcotics that killed Naperville man: prosecutors
DUPAGE COUNTY - A Chicago man will remain in custody pending his trial after allegedly supplying illegal narcotics to a Naperville man who overdosed and died in 2023. Prosecutors said the victim arranged to receive illegal narcotics from Christopher Hobson, 38, on Feb. 20, 2023. The next day, an unidentified third party delivered the drugs to the victim at Hobson's direction.
How the Marina Mabrey trade paints a messy picture of the Chicago Sky
Does trading Mabrey to Connecticut end a vicious cycle?. For the second time in six months, one of the Chicago Sky’s best players has requested and received a trade. First, it was wing Kahleah Copper, who asked for a trade last winter after the franchise swung and missed on free agent targets. This week, it was guard Marina Mabrey, the Sky’s second-leading scorer this season.
"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" at the Goodman Theatre
CHICAGO (CBS) — It was on the New York Times best-seller list for over four years, later made into a movie directed by Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood, and now "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" is on stage at the Goodman Theatre. It plays at the Goodman Theatre through August 11. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" spent 216 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List, and now one of the musical world's most respected talents is helping it sing.At its heart, "Midnight" is a true crime story about a real-life murder in a character-rich Savanah.Singer/Actress Sierra Boggess...
City Club of Chicago: From Legislation to Action – The Impact of Gun Safety Laws in Illinois
July 18, 2024 From Legislation to Action: The Impact of Gun Safety Laws in Illinois – Moderated by G-PAC’s President & CEO Kathleen Sances – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Senate President Don Harmon, Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly City Club event description: Since 2017, Illinois has ushered in five significant gun safety laws, thanks […]
Angel Reese Dating Rumors Swirling Following Absence at WNBA All-Star Event
Chicago Sky rookie sensation Angel Reese made major waves on Thursday night when she was a no-show at the WNBA's All-Star Weekend Orange Carpet event. Rather than being in Phoenix for that WNBA event, Reese was in Las Vegas, attending an NBA Summer League game between the Minnesota ...
Caleb Williams' Bears contract was not entirely what he wanted
Former USC Trojan and Chicago Bears No. 1 NFL draft pick Caleb Williams signed his rookie deal ahead of his first training camp. However, it appears he didn’t get everything he wanted as he transitions into the NFL. The Bears declined Williams’ request to promise never to use the...
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