Main Street in Evanston won't be without a toy store for long. Oliver's Trains and Toys which opened last year on Central Street is planning a second store on Main Street -- just across the street from an existing toy shop that's closing.
Nearly 150 students from 15 Chicago-area high schools joined the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago last Friday for the 2013 Illinois Youth Summit.
A thief made off with several bottles of wine from a restaurant in the 1500 block of Sherman Avenue early Sunday. This and other stories in the weekend roundup of crime from Evanston police.
Remember the truck that fell into the sink hole on Dobson Street in Evanston back on April 18? Well repairing the street is going to take a couple more days yet.
It's been four years in the making, but an initiative that began with two grandmothers out for a walk with their grandsons, is just a few thousand dollars short of a goal that will make Grandmothers Park in west Evanston a reality.
The Evanston 4th of July Association and the City of Evanston will hold a community meeting to gather public input on Independence Day activity ideas at 7 p.m. tonight at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster St.
With more seasonable temperatures, checking out the latest open houses will be a breeze this weekend. Here are some of the homes available to tour on Sunday:
Both Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie District 65 schools will begin the next school year on Monday, August 26, which is a week before Labor Day.
Evanston police reported Friday that Chief Richard Eddington and members of the investigative services division met Thursday night with family members of victims of unsolved murders in the city.