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...
View ArticleScenes 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...
View ArticleNU 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...
View ArticleTwo 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...
View ArticleReady 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticlePelosi 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...
View ArticleHorton’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...
View ArticleThe new Ryan Field debuts this Friday — here’s what you can expect
Ryan Field’s south goalpost and “Wildcat Wall” student section pictured during a media tour in July 2026. Credit: Richard Cahan Editor’s note: This article has been updated with new information...
View ArticleHorton co-defendant pleads guilty, will testify against former superintendent
Devon Horton, former District 65 superintendent, arrives for his October 2025 arraignment at the Dirksen Federal Building with his lawyer. Credit: Richard Cahan A co-defendant accused of running a...
View ArticleDistrict 65 approves budget with $5.1 million deficit
At a marathon meeting Monday night, the Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board unanimously approved a budget for the 2027 fiscal year (school year 2026-2027) with a $5.1 million operating deficit....
View ArticleLocal news readers around Chicago wary of AI, Northwestern survey finds
Many local news consumers distrust newsrooms’ use of artificial intelligence, even just to rewrite or summarize content, according to the latest local news survey conducted by Northwestern...
View ArticleETHS comes home
Willie the Wildkit greets fans at the homecoming game. Credit: Heidi Randhava Each fall, Evanston Township High School homecoming traditions spark a collective celebration that transcends generations...
View ArticleEvanston Grows to supply kale, salad mix, romaine, parsley to ETHS
Starting this year, nonprofit Evanston Grows will kick off a pilot program to grow kale, salad mix, romaine and parsley for Evanston Township High School’s from-scratch kitchen to be used in student...
View ArticleHaven, Nichols District 65 feedback meetings focus on walkable schools,...
More than 120 community members gathered at meetings Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 preliminary proposal to cut $20 million from its budget and close two more...
View ArticleAfter pleading guilty, man sentenced to 7 years for painting hate symbols at...
A Niles man was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to painting hate symbols on the Northwestern University campus earlier this year. Shahid Hussain, 43, of Niles,...
View ArticleMya Wilkins will not seek reelection to District 65 board
Mya Wilkins, Board Member. Credit: Joerg Metzner Evanston/Skokie District 65 board member Mya Wilkins will not run for reelection, she confirmed to the RoundTable Thursday. “I feel that I’ve done my...
View ArticleNU adjuncts and faculty without tenure eligibility move to unionize
Nontenure-eligible and adjunct faculty held a rally and took steps Wednesday to establish a union, United Academics of Northwestern University (UANU), through the Illinois Federation of Teachers...
View ArticleCommunity members urge District 65 to ‘do the hard thing’ at Chute meeting
More than 50 people gathered Tuesday at Chute Middle School for the first of three community engagement sessions hosted by Evanston/Skokie District 65 this week. The meetings are part of a public...
View ArticleDistrict 65 forensic audit to be completed this week
The forensic audit ordered by the Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board back in January will be finished this week before being first shared with board members and later with the public at large,...
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