Evanston

Northwestern University issued a shelter-in-place order Wednesday night after three people were shot – one fatally – at a nearby Evanston beach.

An Evanston man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man near the junction of the Dan Ryan and Stevenson expressways last year, according to Illinois State Police.

A Chicago man was arrested, charged and released from custody after Evanston police allegedly found him in possession of a “ghost gun" – but that's not all.

Charges were filed against an Evanston man believed to be involved in a deadly shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway last year. 

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky says Illinois has more lead service lines than any other state in the U.S.

Several Evanston K-12 schools and daycares were placed on a soft lockdown Friday afternoon as police searched for a potentially emotionally disturbed person.

Two residents in an Evanston apartment were displaced after a fire broke out in their living space Tuesday morning in the northern suburb.

The Wildcats are the number 7 seed and will play Boise State in Sacramento on Thursday.

A well-known Chicago artist and former substitute teacher at Evanston High School was ordered held on $100,000 bond after he was charged with sexually assaulting a foster daughter while she was in his care.

A teen boy was taken into custody after fleeing from Evanston police while in possession of a loaded handgun.

Police received a tip around 12:50 p.m. that an Evanston Township High School student posed with a gun in a social media post with the caption "can't wait 4 eths 2 blow up."

Evanston police are looking for the driver of an SUV that struck and seriously injured a woman earlier this month in the northern suburb.

Rebecca Blank was the chancellor of UW-Madison from 2013 to 2022. In October 2021, she was hired to be the president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. It was a job she was never able to fully take on – in July 2022, she announced she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer

The fire was extinguished in less than 20 minutes. The building suffered moderate smoke and water damage. The American Red Cross is assisting the residents and pet.