Evanston

Evanston Township High School and the community reacted to the tragic loss of one of their beloved basketball players, Ryan Bost, who was gunned down in a park. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

An Evanston mother is outraged after she found a racist message on her son’s eLearning computer. Nicole Preister said her son’s Google Classroom homework should read ‘mark as done’ when he completes an assignment, but said she was stunned when she saw the word ‘done’ replaced with the n-word. “It was unreal but it was like I was baffled....

An Evanston mother is outraged after she found a racist message on her son’s e-learning computer. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports

While the majority of protests have remained peaceful, the university’s president is calling the group’s latest actions “disgusting” after a banner was burned in front of his home as protesters chanted profanities.

The new superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 says he’s received deaths threats from across the county after he told the Wall Street Journal that the district plans to give “students from marginalized groups first priority for seats for in-person learning” and all others would be taught remotely. Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

The new superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 says he’s received deaths threats from across the county after he told the Wall Street Journal that the district plans to give “students from marginalized groups first priority for seats for in-person learning” and all others would be taught remotely. In an article entitled “Can School be ‘Antiracist?’ A New Superintendent...

After the release of grand jury recordings in Breonna Taylor’s case, family members of Taylor and relatives of Jacob Blake joined together Saturday to call for unity. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Family members of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake joined Chicago Rev. Jesse Jackson Saturday in Evanston, Blake’s hometown, to call for reform within the country’s judicial system. One day earlier, Kentucky’s attorney general released grand jury recordings, including testimony from police and witnesses, in the case of Taylor, a Louisville EMT who was fatally in March shot during a botched...

For Jack Anderson, there’s no competition. When it comes to his favorite thing to do in the entire world, it’s an easy answer. “I’m literally addicted to pitching,” Anderson said. “It’s what drives my day to day work ethic, it’s what drives a lot of the things I pride myself in.” Anderson grew up in Evanston and attended Evanston...

While minor league baseball has been missed this season, that hasn’t stopped one player from suburban Evanston from turning the setback into something positive. NBC 5’s Mike Berman reports.

Freshmen and sophomore students at Northwestern University cannot return to campus after all and will take classes remotely, the Chicago school announced late Friday. The Chicago Tribune reports that until Friday’s announcement, Northwestern University officials planned for undergraduate students to return to campus. The university also is keeping fraternity and sorority houses shuttered during the fall semester. “This is not a...

Two suburban police officers denied a business loan are raising money to help other young businesses meet their goals. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has their story.

After Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha over the weekend, his Chicago hometown of Evanston reacts to the incident and his impact on the community. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Calling the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha a “horrific event,” Evanston Mayor Stephen Hagerty said that the community is in shock following the incident. Blake, who played high school football in Evanston and has deep family roots in the area, was shot multiple times on Sunday during a confrontation with police in Kenosha. The shooting, captured on video,…

NBC 5 has learned Jacob Blake, the man shot by police in Kenosha, lived in Evanston for several years, and his family has a long history of involvement with the civil rights movement. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

An Evanston woman’s video has gone viral after she confronted a group of beachgoers displaying a controversial symbol. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports

An Evanston woman’s video has gone viral after she confronted a group of beachgoers displaying a controversial symbol. Earlier this week, LaShandra Smith-Rayfield went to Lighthouse Beach after seeing a photo of a Confederate flag towel on display on social media. “Disappointed was the first thing that popped into my mind,” the school administrator and mother of four said...

An Evanston baseketball star, who is the 9th ranked guard in the state of Illinois, is relocating to Texas where rules on recreational sports are less restrictive so he can pursue his basketball career. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

Police in north suburban Evanston said Monday detectives are looking for whoever vandalized a Black Lives Matter mural in early July. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on July 3, a mural painted on the street on Dodge Avenue near Evanston Township High School was defaced with paint, police said in a tweet. Anyone with information is asked to call the Evanston…

A firefighter was hospitalized and a family was displaced after an attic caught on fire in Evanston on Saturday. The Evanston Fire Department responded to a report of heavy smoke coming from the roof of a two-story single-family home in the 3200 block of Park Place at 4:41 p.m, according to a press release from the fire department. The first…