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Evanston police say one person was arrested and at least one officer was injured after a group of approximately 150 protesters marched through downtown Saturday night. According to authorities, pepper spray was deployed after individuals in the crowd began to throw rocks and bricks at police officers, while others shot fireworks at officers during the incident. “Some protesters threw bricks…

A 38-year-old man is facing charges, and a 17-year-old Arizona girl has been reunited with her mother after she was reported missing earlier this week. Ke’Mya Smith of Phoenix first disappeared over the weekend and was later found, but then she disappeared again on Monday, according to authorities. The girl allegedly got on a Greyhound bus and traveled to...

A teacher was robbed at gunpoint Thursday evening outside of Nichols Middle School in north suburban Evanston. The 31-year-old man was near Lee Street and Elmwood Avenue when a male approached and grabbed him, showing a gun and saying, “Give me your wallet,” according to Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. He took the man’s cellphone and wallet before putting...

According to police, a 20-year-old man was standing on the Red Line platform at the Howard station at approximately 12:30 p.m. when a man walked up to him and opened fire, striking the victim multiple times. The man was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The alleged shooter fled the station on foot, and has…

A lawyer is demanding police release a suspect’s name a month after a 12-year-old girl reported that she was attacked at an Evanston middle school.

Evanston police are investigating a report that a seventh grade student was allegedly sexually assaulted by a custodian in the girl’s bathroom of a middle school, but an attorney for the girl’s family wants to know why the custodian has not been taken into custody.

Parents allege that their daughter was sexually assaulted by a custodian at a suburban school earlier this month, but there have been no arrests so far. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the story. 

A Chicagoan is charged with flashing a handgun after being denied entry into a woman’s restroom at Burger King in north suburban Evanston.

A Chicago teenager was charged with firing a gun into the sky during an argument last week and taking off after crashing into a pair of vehicles in north suburban Evanston.

A Waukegan man was allegedly found with several pounds of THC-infused gummy bears Saturday during a traffic stop in north suburban Evanston. Fredo Demaret is charged with possessing more than 5 kilograms of a substance containing cannabis, and with intending to sell it, Evanston police said in a statement. Demaret was pulled over by an officer about 5:45 p.m. after…

A Chicago man is facing murder charges after allegedly fatally shooting a romantic rival Friday night in north suburban Evanston.

A 33-year-old man was found shot to death in the backyard of a residence in suburban Evanston Friday, police say.

An Evanston Township High School security guard was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student.

Evanston police say that they have located a Northwestern University undergraduate student who had been missing since Tuesday morning.

In a social media post, the police department said that 24-year-old Gabriel Corona was located in the city of Chicago, and that he is alive and in good condition.

Authorities are continuing a search for a Northwestern University undergraduate student who went missing Tuesday morning as a dangerous cold snap enveloped the region.

A suburban police department is seeking the public’s help in finding a man who allegedly stabbed a couple’s dog while they were out for a walk.