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Northwestern's retooled roster faces Big Ten's toughest schedule
Northwestern opens its 2026 season Sept. 5 with a revamped offense built around coordinator Chip Kelly and transfer quarterback Aidan Chiles, but national projections peg the Wildcats at roughly five wins against a schedule that includes road trips to Ohio State, Oregon and Indiana.
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Nearly 9,000 Northwestern students can register to vote in Evanston for November midterms
Northwestern University's nearly 9,000 undergraduates are arriving for fall semester with a packed November 2026 ballot ahead, and the university's NU Votes program has scheduled registration drives, voter services stations and shuttle vans to help students cast ballots locally in Evanston.
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Northwestern's retooled roster faces Big Ten's toughest schedule
Northwestern opens its 2026 season Sept. 5 with a revamped offense built around coordinator Chip Kelly and transfer quarterback Aidan Chiles, but national projections peg the Wildcats at roughly five wins against a schedule that includes road trips to Ohio State, Oregon and Indiana.
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Northwestern's retooled roster faces Big Ten's toughest schedule
Northwestern opens its 2026 season Sept. 5 with a revamped offense built around coordinator Chip Kelly and transfer quarterback Aidan Chiles, but national projections peg the Wildcats at roughly five wins against a schedule that includes road trips to Ohio State, Oregon and Indiana.
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Nearly 9,000 Northwestern students can register to vote in Evanston for November midterms
Northwestern University's nearly 9,000 undergraduates are arriving for fall semester with a packed November 2026 ballot ahead, and the university's NU Votes program has scheduled registration drives, voter services stations and shuttle vans to help students cast ballots locally in Evanston.
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Jane Grover enters Evanston mayoral race as sixth candidate
Former 7th Ward Ald. Jane Grover, 63, announced Friday, Aug. 14, that she is running for Evanston mayor in the 2027 special election, becoming the sixth declared candidate and making a February primary increasingly likely.
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Judge allows tuition inflation lawsuit against Northwestern to proceed
A federal judge denied Northwestern University's motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging the school conspired with 31 other elite universities to inflate tuition through early decision admissions, allowing the case to move to discovery.
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Quadrel asks court to void $185,500 in Evanston housing fines
Evanston landlord Quadrel Realty Group is challenging $185,500 in city fines for failing to provide required affordable units at its 91-unit Hampton Parkway building, testing the city's ability to enforce its Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
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Northwestern's retooled roster faces Big Ten's toughest schedule
Northwestern opens its 2026 season Sept. 5 with a revamped offense built around coordinator Chip Kelly and transfer quarterback Aidan Chiles, but national projections peg the Wildcats at roughly five wins against a schedule that includes road trips to Ohio State, Oregon and Indiana.
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Northwestern volleyball hosts free Meet the Team Night on Evanston lakefront
Northwestern volleyball hosts a free Meet the Team Night on the Evanston lakefront Saturday, Aug. 15, at 5:30 p.m., giving fans their first look at a rebuilt roster entering the 2026 season after last year's turnaround.
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Hilda's Place breaks ground on $6.7M shelter renovation
Connections for the Homeless broke ground Thursday, Aug. 13, on a $6.7 million renovation of Hilda's Place at Lake Street Church, restoring 30 overnight shelter beds lost during the pandemic, with a spring 2027 reopening target and a January rebrand to "Housing Connections."
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Evanston Art Center opens African portraits and landscape shows on Central Street
The Evanston Art Center opened two free exhibitions Aug. 8: John Wangendo's "Stories from Africa," featuring 10 charcoal and acrylic portraits of the African continent, and "Place and Passing," a landscape show pairing Paula Menchen and Ellen Holtzblatt.
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PACE cuts student bus fare to 75 cents ahead of ETHS school year
PACE has reduced its student bus fare from $1 to 75 cents for ETHS riders, with the discount now applying all day, year-round, and including free PACE-to-CTA transfers funded through the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
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Screen Sense Evanston gains national spotlight as District 65 school year nears
Screen Sense Evanston founder Miriam Kendall and her campaign to reduce classroom screen time in District 65 were featured nationally in the Christian Science Monitor on Aug. 12, less than two weeks before the school year starts, spotlighting a year-long push that has already led to app bans and screen-free recess but has not stopped the district's one-to-one iPad program.
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Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.
Ellie Nevel
Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.
Ellie Nevel
Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.