Chicago-area emergency personnel gather for tornado simulator disaster drill
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It's tornado season and emergency personnel are training for trouble. Police, firefighters, utility workers and the Salvation Army gathered for a disaster drill Wednesday in Evanston.

Pedestrian killed by Metra train in Evanston

A person was killed by a Metra Union Pacific-North train Monday morning in Evanston.

8-year-old brings loaded handgun magazine to Evanston school: police

When officers arrived, they learned that an 8-year-old boy informed a teacher that he had a loaded handgun magazine in his school bag, police said.

Northwestern students invent 'Steady Scrib' to help people with Parkinson's write

"Me and all of my siblings and all my cousins would receive weekly handwritten letters from my Pops," said Isabelle Mokotoff, a junior studying entrepreneurship and journalism at Northwestern University. 

Northwestern students invent 'Steady Scrib' to help people with Parkinson's write
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"Me and all of my siblings and all my cousins would receive weekly handwritten letters from my Pops," said Isabelle Mokotoff, a junior studying entrepreneurship and journalism at Northwestern University.�But when Pops got Parkinson's, the letters were a struggle. Mokotoff and classmate Alexis Chan invented the Steady Scrib to help. Natalie Bomke reports.

Northwestern University students seek answers, improvements in communication after fatal shooting near campus

Northwestern University students launched a petition drive Thursday and voiced concerns about the school’s slow response in notifying students about a shooting near campus that left a man dead and two teens wounded.

Evanston man charged in fatal expressway shooting located in Las Vegas

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.

Chicago man faces charges after Evanston police find 'ghost gun' and more

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.

Evanston man charged in deadly Chicago expressway shooting

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

Evanston police secure area after search for emotionally disturbed person

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