Evanston

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…

A 31-year-old Chicago man died after being pulled from the water Monday evening in Lake Michigan at a beach in Evanston. Authorities were called about 8:30 p.m. for a man drowning at Clark Street Beach in the 1800 block of Sheridan Road, according to a statement from Evanston police. A citizen and fire personnel helped pull the man from the...

A north suburban Evanston man is facing a felony weapons charge after an hours-long armed standoff with a SWAT team Wednesday night in Rogers Park on the North Side. Kyle Samuels, 29, is charged with a felony count of being an armed habitual criminal, according to Chicago police. He also faces a misdemeanor count of reckless conduct. Samuels was seen…

An Evanston businessman has been hit with federal fraud charges alleging he lied on an application for nearly half a million dollars in financial relief related to the COVID-19 crisis

The Evanston community is mourning the loss of a barbecue restaurant owner who died from the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Lisa Charravia talked to people who are mourning the loss of Hecky Powell.

Two executives of an Evanston auto loan company are charged with misappropriating more than $5 million in company funds, funneling the money to themselves and relatives and even using some of the cash to pay for a lake house in Michigan. James Collins and Robert DiMeo, of Honor Finance LLC, allegedly conspired with their accountant, Michael Walsh, to pocket the…

Two firefighters were injured while rescuing a resident and a cat from a house fire Sunday in north suburban Evanston. Crews were called at 9:09 p.m. for the fire at the single-family home in the 2200 block of Sherman Avenue, according to a statement from the Evanston Fire Department. Firefighters arrived to find the south side of the house engulfed…

Multiple people were displaced after a fire Saturday in a high-rise apartment building in north suburban Evanston. Crews were called at 7:15 p.m. for reports of the blaze in the 1600 block of Chicago Avenue, according to a statement from the Evanston Fire Department. The fire broke out in an 11th-floor unit, but a sprinkler system kept it from spreading,…

A suburban Chicago arts festival that’s been held for nearly a half-century is moving to northwestern Indiana following a dispute with Evanston officials

Aldermen in Evanston are discussing the possibility of raising the city’s amusement tax.

With recreational marijuana sales in Illinois set to become legal on Jan. 1., the city of Evanston plans to use sales tax revenue from purchases to help fund a reparations program. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

With recreational marijuana sales in Illinois set to become legal on Jan. 1., the city of Evanston plans to use sales tax revenue from purchases to help fund a reparations program. The program will focus on helping the city’s black community thrive by fighting the effects of slavery and discrimination while also providing job training and other benefits, said 5th...

Evanston residents were divided at a meeting on Monday night over Northwestern University’s proposal to hold entertainment and commercial events at arenas near residential neighborhoods.

A person was fatally struck by a Metra train Friday in north suburban Evanston, authorities said.

D.A. Pennebaker, the Oscar-winning documentary maker whose historic contributions to American culture and politics included immortalizing a young Bob Dylan in “Don’t Look Back” and capturing the spin behind Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign in “The War Room,” has died. He was 94. Pennebaker, who received an honorary Academy Award in 2013, died Thursday of natural causes at his home...