Pickpockets stole wallets from their victims in the 2200 block of Oakton Street and at the Davis Street CTA station. These are among the stories in today's daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
The city-owned parking lot at Stewart Avenue in the Central Street business district will get a new layout under a $419,900 contract scheduled to be approved by the Evanston City Council Monday.
Someone's wallet was taken from their jacket at a grocery store in the 1100 block of Chicago Avenue. This and other stories in today's daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application, has been named 2013 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Evanston aldermen discussed in three closed-door sessions in recent months a proposal from Col. James N. Pritzker to buy the lakefront Harley Clarke mansion and 2.5 acres of land around it for $1.2 million.
A short guy stole a heavy radiator from a business on Payne Street, and a woman was arrested on a forgery charge. Those among the incidents in today's daily crime bulletin from Evanston police.
A century ago, in June 1913, Illinois women won the right to vote, and Evanston organizations are planning to celebrate the event next month with a suffrage rally and other events.
Evanston Police responded to multiple calls of shots fired at approximately shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 1600 block of Foster Street near the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center.
