Evanston

Northwestern University has furloughed 250 workers and suspended contributions to employee retirement funds as it reports a $90 million budget shortfall due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Monday.

Crews were called about 7:37 p.m. to the blaze at the single-family ranch home in the 1500 block of Cleveland Street.

Northwestern University is rejecting the $8.5 million in federal assistance it was allotted earlier this month to help those adversely affected financially by the coronavirus pandemic, school officials said Tuesday.

Northwestern President Morton Schapiro announced this week that commencement will be held remotely on June 19.

West suburban Oak Park was one of the first take the step, with the village board saying on Friday that they were declaring a local public health emergency.

The employee, who works in the Office of the Registrar on the school’s north suburban Evanston campus, has had limited face-to-face interaction with the wider school community in their role and was last on campus March 12.

Every school in District 65 in Evanston, Illinois is closing for a month because of coronavirus concerns.

Evanston officials are postponing their annual State of the City address in the face of the growing coronavirus pandemic.

Officers saw a black Chevrolet Equinox on Howard Street with multiple equipment violations, police said. A traffic stop was conducted, and police found a handgun on the floor.

Two firefighters were also taken to hospitals with “minor soft tissue injuries,” according to fire officials.

Lots of Illinois residents were in Iowa for the final weekend before the caucuses, knocking on doors trying to meet with voters.

High waves and stormy weather left homes along Chicago's lakefront flooded on Sunday.

Aisha Perrin, 41, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with a firearm, Evanston police said in a statement.

Emergency crews found a woman on elevated tracks who had been hit by a train, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

A missing 20-year-old man who was last seen in Evanston has been located.

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.

Lawmakers in a Chicago suburb earlier this week approved using taxes from recreational marijuana sales to establish a local reparations program.

Student editors at the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism over their coverage of protests in response to an event featuring former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.