Evanston Police Chief Schenita Stewart speaks at the June 23, 2025 City Council meeting. (Richard Reqeuna/Pioneer Press) Stewart disagreed with that assessment.

The some 78,000 people who live in Evanston make it a city brimming with both opportunities and complexities. A Brief History. NU preceded Evanston, opening the doors to the Old College in 1855, ...

Action was again postponed on an Evanston City Council measure that, if adopted, would require certain Evanston buildings to convert from natural gas to renewable electricity over the next 25 years.

Evanston City Council is voting about whether to rebuild Ryan Field on Monday. Listen to a recap of the debate behind the stadium’s rebuild before the big vote. YVI RUSSELL: I’m also opposed ...

Evanston City Council narrowly adopts zoning for concerts at new Ryan Field Northwestern University’s plan for six annual concerts at a rebuilt football stadium passed with Mayor Daniel Biss ...

The new Evanston City Hall will occupy rented space in the Evanston Station building at 909 Davis St., which also houses an Endeavor Health Medical Group doctor's office, among other tenants.

By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just ...

Former Evanston councilmember Robin Rue Simmons shepherded the nation's first municipally funded reparations program through City Council in 2019, after, she says, seeing the legacy of racism ...

Cicely Fleming, an Evanston, Ill., native, a member of the city council and a founding member of The Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, a group committed to promoting equity in ...

The Evanston City Council approved a raise for its city manager on April 28, making him one of the highest-paid municipal government employees in the state. Aldermen voted unanimously at Monday ...