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The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday, Nov. 13, halting all departures at every U.S. airport, including O'Hare and Midway, after a telecommunications outage disrupted all 22 air traffic control centers. Officials said the outage has not been linked to an attack.
Local Government
Evanston's Land Use Commission is set to vote the week of Nov. 9 on a proposed one-year moratorium on new data center approvals, a measure triggered by a small-scale data center proposed at 1265 Hartrey Ave. and backed by five alders.
Local Government
Evanston police charged two men after a school employee reported seeing someone with what appeared to be a gun near Park School on Nov. 4. One suspect faces weapons charges; the other faces a felony sex-offender registration charge.
Sports
Top-seeded Northwestern takes on No. 5 Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal Friday in Columbus, Ohio, as the defending champion Wildcats look to bounce back from a regular-season-ending loss to Penn State.
Sports
The No. 5-seeded Wildkits take a 16-6 record and an eight-game winning streak into a 5 p.m. semifinal against defending state champion New Trier, which shut out ETHS twice during the regular season.
Community
Evanston families still have a full week of Halloween events ahead, from the Harley Clarke Mansion's haunted trick-or-treating to a free festival at New Ryan Field and official neighborhood trick-or-treat hours on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Community
Artists have until Friday, Oct. 23, to submit designs for a mural on Ryan Field's facade, while Criss Henderson, former head of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, will lead a new Evanston summer arts festival funded by Northwestern University through 2040.
Editor
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