

Business
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.

Local Government
Evanston has lowered the speed limit on Emerson Street from 30 to 25 mph and installed new signage with red flags, while police conduct an education period before standard enforcement begins.

Business
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.

Business
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.

Local Government
Evanston has lowered the speed limit on Emerson Street from 30 to 25 mph and installed new signage with red flags, while police conduct an education period before standard enforcement begins.

Local Government
The City of Evanston will close Ridge Avenue between Noyes and Simpson Streets starting Wednesday, Aug. 12, for a four-phase water main replacement project expected to run through approximately Sept. 17.

Business
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.

Business
NorthShore University Health System agreed to pay $105,000 to settle a federal finding that a high-risk patient waited more than nine hours in the Evanston Hospital ER without reassessment before suffering cardiac arrest in February 2025.
Sports
Head coach David Braun held his first fall camp media availability Saturday, Aug. 8, as the Wildcats prepare for a Sept. 5 season opener and the new Ryan Field's inaugural game against Penn State on Oct. 2.

Sports
Northwestern coach David Braun challenged Evanston fans at Big Ten Media Days to pack the new $875 million Ryan Field for its Oct. 2 inaugural game against Penn State, calling the 35,000-seat venue a potential home-field advantage for the Wildcats.

Community
Perspective Gallery's August dual exhibition "Ar•ti•facts" features Jane Feely's photographs of her ancestral Welsh fishing town and Jeffrie Chirchirillo's images of leaves on his greenhouse roof, on view through Aug. 30 with a virtual artists' talk Aug. 20.

Community
A DeKalb County, Georgia grand jury indicted former Evanston/Skokie District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton on one felony count of aggravated assault and two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to children, stemming from a January domestic incident involving his wife and two minor children.

Education
District 65 CFO Eric Miller told the school board Tuesday that the district needs immediate, substantial savings to address a $3.4 million deficit, explicitly naming school closures as part of the strategy 13 days before the Aug. 24 first day of school.

Education
The District 65 board voted Monday, Aug. 10, to extend interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon's contract through Jan. 31, 2027, and discussed hiring a search firm to find a permanent leader by late January for a July 1, 2027 start.

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 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 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.