Evanston

Lawmakers in a Chicago suburb earlier this week approved using taxes from recreational marijuana sales to establish a local reparations program.

Student editors at the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism over their coverage of protests in response to an event featuring former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

A lawyer is demanding police release a suspect’s name a month after a 12-year-old girl reported that she was attacked at an Evanston middle school.

Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley had 179 yards passing with a touchdown and the defense allowed just 202 yards of total offense, lifting the 20th-ranked Hawkeyes to a 20-0 shutout of Northwestern on Saturday.   

A burglary suspect was arrested at a hospital with cuts he allegedly got while breaking into an Evanston clothing store to steal winter coats.

A Rogers Park man has been charged with trying to beat another man to death with a brick last week in north suburban Evanston.

A Northwestern University trustee and his wife are giving the Chicago area institution a large donation for the specific purpose of student financial aid.

A 13-year-old girl missing from the north suburbs has been safely located.

An Evanston man has been charged for a second time with sexually assaulting a woman he met through a dating app.

A $6,000 reward is being offered for a man wanted in an Evanston bank robbery in which he implied he was armed.

Two weeks from now, it will be 20 years since a white supremacist killed popular former Northwestern basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong, bringing nationwide attention to hate crimes in the Heartland.

For many stroke patients, regaining mobility can be a long tedious process. But Northwestern University scientists are helping them take back control.

A local woman is accusing her doctor of the unthinkable: assaulting her under the guise of providing medical care.