The City Council tonight approved spending nearly $190,000 on increased police operations this summer.

Evanston aldermen say they want to regulate more businesses in the city.

Evanston police have arrested a man who apparently was breaking into his neighbors' cars.

Mayor Lorraine Morton today announced the appointment of Rolanda Russell as Evanston's interim city manager effective May 12.

Larry Booth, lead architect of the proposed Fountain Square tower, will be seeing a lot more of Evanston soon, whether or not the building finally wins approval from the city.

City Manager Julia Carroll now plans to accelerate her scheduled June 27 departure date from her city duties to next Monday, May 12.

Three robbers held up the newly opened branch of First Bank and Trust at 741 Main St. Thursday afternoon.

Evanston aldermen this evening voted to postpone a vote on the proposed Fountain Square tower project until after the Plan Commission delivers a new downtown plan to the City Council.

A 60th anniversary celebration for the State of Israel is expected to bring more than 8,000 people to Northwestern's Welch-Ryan Arena Thursday evening, and some Evanston aldermen are concerned about the expense to the city of policing the event.

Aldermen on Evanston's Human Services Committee voted 4-1 Monday without discussion to back a resolution urging that the United States not take military action against Iran.