Evanston police executed a search warrant on two west side businesses Thursday as part of an on-going investigation involving LINK card fraud, officials said. Agents from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Secret Service assisted Evanston ... »
Evanston Patch readers voted FlowersFlowers as the best florist in town in this week’s installment of our Readers’ Choice series. Though Four Finches, 1320 Sherman Ave., earned the highest portion of the 91 poll votes with 37 percent, FlowersFlowers ed... »
The City of Evanston will participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-back Day this Saturday by accepting residents’ expired, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the counter drugs. The event will be held in t... »
Evanston firefighters have spent the past three days simulating their response to a seven-victim car accident as part of the Evanston Fire Department’s ‘mass casualty training’. The training, which took place at the recycling center at 2222 Oakton St.,... »
The following is a letter to the editor from Evanston resident Jack Darin: March's election results show that Evanston residents like the idea of gathering our strength to get a better deal on the power we buy for our homes and small businesses. The vo... »
While the weather will become unsettled later Friday and Saturday, gradual improvement can be expected during the second half of the weekend as a frontal boundary shifts south of the area. Temperatures will average below normal over the next several da... »
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) is expected to return to work in Washington by fall, according to a statement made by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in Politico. “I’m very optimistic that he’ll be back this fall,” Graham said in the Politico story. Accord... »
Two directors of the Evanston-Wilmette Golf Course Association have filed a lawsuit against board president John Losasso and the nonprofit association that runs the golf course, alleging that Losasso ignored the association’s bylaws, breached his fiduc... »
The NFL draft begins at 7 p.m. Thursday and the Chicago Bears have the 19th overall pick. The Bears have a checkered draft history, to say the least. For every Walter Payton, there’s a Rashaan Salaam. But, of all Bears mistakes on draft day, which is... »
For the first time since 2006, the Raiders are champions of the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference. Headed into Saturday, the Raiders sat atop of the Illinois Skyway with a 9-3 record. To win the conference crown, Oakton had to sweep a doubleheader ... »
The turreted look at the front of this Morton Grove home gives it castle appeal, yet the inside has modern architectural touches that are understated enough to accommodate any kind of decorator look. The 3,750 square foot home, at 9524 Oconto, was buil... »
The Chicago Transit Authority updated their website with new information regarding the new Yellow Line stop at Oakton Street and Skokie Boulevard on Tuesday. The first stop at the new station is set to make its first run on Monday, April 30 at 4:45 a.m... »
The 27-year-old man who died from electrocution after accidentally touching the third rail at South Boulevard Purple Line station late Sunday was a former Marine, who served tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the Chicago Tribune reported. Zachary McKe... »
When police announced last week that a 14-year-old boy was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at Evanston Township High School, people immediately started wondering how such an incident could be prevented. In light of the school's stat... »
My parents Pat and Brigid Hughes sat down with me to discuss what it was like to raise a child with mental illness. It has been five years since my brother Brian died and yesterday (April 24th) would have been his 43rd birthday. I felt compelled to s... »
