4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (179+ words) After more than five years as president and chief operating officer of the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF), Sol Anderson has stepped down. His departure, which took place Sept. 4, was confirmed by the foundation. ECF, a tax-exempt nonsectarian charitable organization, plays…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (220+ words) Memorial Stadium was bursting with Wildkits pride on Friday night as Evanston Township High School celebrated seniors and held a Gold Out Game Day for pediatric cancer awareness. Ella Gutowski was a leader on the ETHS Community Service Club’s health…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (653+ words) After hearing feedback from the local school districts Wednesday, the City of Evanston’s Finance and Budget Committee voted 6-0 to table discussion of the West Evanston and Chicago-Main tax increment financing districts until the Jan. 6, 2027, meeting of the committee. Last week,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1025+ words) This season of talks, concerts, tours, family programs, and exhibits provides opportunities for Evanstonians to: “The Evanston History Center is honored to serve as a civic gathering space this fall — a place for Evanstonians to hear and share local stories,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) But I’m happy to report that I bravely retracted my name from the list of parents volunteering to feed the kids’ football team dinner. It’s very minor, but when the boundaries are so few and far between, they must be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (53+ words) How Connelly’s Academy in Evanston teaches life lessons through Korean martial arts Evanston RoundTable Katherine Hwang is a senior at St. Francis High School in Sacramento, California. She is an education reporter for Sacramento School Beat and Co-Editor-in-Chief of The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (622+ words) Five years ago, Mrs. Patricia Hornbuckle, my childhood bus driver, passed away. To most people, that sentence would not seem particularly remarkable. She didn’t expand human knowledge. She didn’t discover a cure. She wasn’t a celebrity. She drove a school…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (822+ words) Although Albany Care is once again able to admit new patients for the time being, the psychiatric rehab facility could face a new admissions ban due to alleged violations detailed in recent surveys of the facility conducted by the Illinois…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1152+ words) Evanston/Skokie District 65 Chief Financial Officer Eric Miller presented a tentative budget for fiscal year 2027 to the school board Monday. That budget — which is not final — came with a $5.1 million operating deficit at the end of the year. The deficit…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (509+ words) While most attention on next spring’s local elections has focused on Evanston’s special mayoral race, contests on the other side of the ballot are now officially underway, as petition circulation opened Aug. 25 for open school board seats in Evanston/Skokie…...