The Evanston Public Library is partnering with the Stead Center, NAACP and the Unitarian Church of Evanston to bring air ...

Evanston Deputy Police Chief Melissa Sacluti gave a public safety update at Thursday night's Fifth Ward meeting following two ...

A group of residents in 5th Ward Evanston are fighting plans for an affordable housing project in their ward as City Council members consider a vote on the project. Residents said they are not ...

In Evanston, Black people were restricted to a certain portion of the 5th Ward and excluded from other parts of the city. The area “was disinvested in, stripped of a neighborhood school and ...

Evanston police are investigating two recent incidents in the 5th Ward that left bullet holes scattered across cars, through ...

Growing up in Evanston’s 2nd Ward, Darlene Cannon lived in a mostly Black neighborhood. Since she was born in Evanston more than five decades ago, she has lived within the same four-block radius.

The races for aldermen representing Evanston’s 1st, 3rd and 8th Wards are three of the city’s eight contested races in the April 4 consolidated election.Incumbents in each of these words will ...

By the end of the 1930s, Evanston’s African American population had surpassed 6,000, out of a total of 65,000 residents, and the 5th Ward was 95 percent black.

Many Evanston residents criticized Envision Evanston 2045 on Thursday at a 1st Ward meeting, calling its adoption timeline rushed. The controversial Envision Evanston 2045 comprehensive plan and ...

Evanston’s 5th Ward residents urge City Council to reject 33-unit affordable housing project. Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune. Sat, March 25, 2023 at 12:00 PM UTC. 7 min read.