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Superintendent: Handgun, loaded magazine found in student backpack at ETHS,...
A handgun and a loaded magazine were found Friday morning, Oct. 9, inside a backpack in a student locker at Evanston Township High School, according to an email Evanston Township High School District...
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Northwestern fined $63,000 for vacant houses, city seeks max fines for...
Scaffolding is seen at 629 Haven St. in August. Credit: Ruixin Zhang An administrative hearing officer officially fined Northwestern University $63,000 for multiple vacant properties west of its...
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Analysis and viewpoint: D65 class sizes, an educational vision and closing...
At the Oct. 13 District 65 School Board meeting, administrators plan to present their recommendation to cut operating expenses by a total of $20 million. To help reach that $20 million, they plan to...
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District 65 parents put together special education inquiry
A group of Evanston-Skokie School District 65 parents released a community inquiry into the district’s special education services Sept. 28, ahead of a plan to cut $20 million from the district’s...
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City moves to settle NU vacancy citations over councilmember’s objections
Scaffolding along the wall of 629 Haven St. in August 2026. This Northwestern-owned home, along with seven others, were cited by the city for failing to be registered as vacant. Credit: Ruixin Zhang...
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Former District 65 superintendent admits to receiving at least $81,700 in...
Former Evanston/Skokie District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion for participating in a kickback scheme using district...
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Ryan Field fire alarm testing to continue through next week
Credit: Heidi Randhava The city understands that the ongoing fire alarm testing at Ryan Field has created significant noise impact for nearby residents and businesses. We recognize that the repeated...
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ETHS flag football: Kit girls shake off rust in 54-6 regional romp
KyNia Hunt heads into the end zone as the Kits take an 18-0 lead during a September win over New Trier. The Wildkits dominated Chicago Amundsen in a regional romp Monday. Credit: Richard Cahan...
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Journalists talk Deportation Stories project with Northwestern students
More than 100 Northwestern University students, faculty and community members attended a Monday afternoon panel on a collaborative journalism project published in September detailing the Trump...
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ETHS chess: Team gets off to fast start in season opener
ETHS varsity chess team with its awards. From left, front row: Nimish Vats, Yusuf Bilgic. Back row: Shane Asbra, Jules Guerrero, Max Tornheim, Felix de Warren, Josh Beatty, Ziad AbuZayyad. Credit:...
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Former District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton pleads guilty to wire fraud,...
Former Evanston/Skokie District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion for participating in a kickback scheme using district...
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Alpha School is an AI school with big promises — and big critics
Alpha School, the for-profit private school that has expanded across the country and is considering opening at the former Roycemore School building at 1200 Davis St. by fall 2027, has made big claims...
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Irish playwrights use survivors’ words in ‘OCTOBER 7’ to show horrors, heroes
Northwestern University’s Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., will host a staged reading on Oct. 6 of the play, OCTOBER 7. Irish journalists, documentary filmmakers and playwrights Phelim McAleer and...
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Scenes from Wildcats win in new Ryan Field
Northwestern students packed the Wildcat Wall section behind the south goalpost Friday night at the new Ryan Field. Credit: Todd Thomas In their first game at the new Ryan Field, the Northwestern...
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NU debuts new Ryan Field with packed house, big ceremony — and a Wildcats win
The northwest entrance of the new Ryan Field football stadium during the second quarter of its inaugural game Friday night. Credit: Alex Harrison One hundred years to the day after its predecessor...
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Two more candidates to run for District 65 school board
Natika Washington and Danny Orrock are both running for the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board, they told the RoundTable Friday. The two candidates are not running in affiliation with one...
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Ready to ride: Oakton Elementary hosts its first ‘bike bus’ event
Event organizer and Oakton Elementary School parent Sarah Rand places a bike helmet on her son Jude (5) as her son Asher (7) looks on. “We just want to make Evanston a better place for people to walk...
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New Ryan Field ready for its close-up
Ryan Field in the rain on Thursday, Oct. 1. Credit: Heidi Randhava The New Ryan Field officially opens for business Friday, Oct. 2. Northwestern kicks off New Ryan Field in its Big Ten home opener...
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Pelosi to deliver Northwestern Prison Education Program commencement address...
Credit: Shane Collins Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will deliver the Northwestern Prison Education Program commencement...
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Horton’s lawyer says former District 65 superintendent will change his plea...
In a pretrial conference Wednesday, former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton’s lawyer said that the former district chief would change his plea next week. The change is...
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