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New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois campus

New Trier's investigation into racial and homophobic slurs directed at ETHS marching band members at the Oct. 16 Ryan Field game supports the students' accounts, but more than 40 interviews have not produced enough evidence to identify anyone responsible, Superintendent Peter Tragos told the ETHS board.

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Evanston weighs one-year pause on data center approvals

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.

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Two Evanston men face felonies after Park School gun sighting

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.

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Northwestern field hockey faces Indiana in Big Ten semifinal

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.

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Evanston shelter has waiting list before Sunday opening

Interfaith Action of Evanston's overnight shelter already has a waiting list for its 30 beds before its Sunday, Oct. 18 opening at Grace Lutheran Church, Executive Director Sue Murphy Berube told the organization's annual meeting.

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Ryan Field Fire Alarm Testing Extends Into Mid-October

Fire alarm testing at Ryan Field will continue through at least Oct. 19, with the city manager limiting tests to weekday business hours after weeks of noise complaints from 7th Ward residents.

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Red Clay Dance premieres 'Freedom Square' at Wirtz Center

Red Clay Dance Company's "Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar," a dance-theater work honoring missing and murdered Black women and girls, opens its world premiere run Oct. 1–3 at Northwestern's Wirtz Center, with artistic director Vershawn Sanders-Ward citing Evanston's reparations program as one reason she chose the city.

Ellie Nevel

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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.