Elizabeth Tisdahl

Almost six months after Evanston officials revoked the liquor license of a popular downtown watering hole that had been accused of repeatedly serving minors, the …...

Evanston and its residents can be defined by many words. Words like vibrant, entrepreneurial, brainy, artistic, passionate and committed. But lest you risk a response as frosty as a mid-February gust off Lighthouse Beach, don't call them "suburban."...

For 12 years, Evanston resident Carolyn Murray said she's watched instances of gun violence skyrocket in her neighborhood. So this year, she and her alderwoman decided to take action and helped organize the city's first gun buyback program, set for Dec....

A $650,000 grant will pave the way for a new health center in Evanston that will target low-income patients, officials said today. TheU.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesgrant will allow the city to create a “federally qualified health...

In the aftermath of the shooting death of an Evanston teenager earlier this month, several hundred concerned community members gathered Tuesday night to revisit a difficult issue: Youth violence. “When tragedies occur in a community, we all change,...

Evanston teen Dajae Coleman was fatally gunned down last weekend by a man who mistakenly targeted him while looking for revenge, authorities said today. Wesley Woodson III, 20, of the 1700 block of Ashland Avenue in the north suburb, is charged with...

A decision to create a new tax increment financing district around an ailing shopping center on Evanston’s west side has been postponed until the city …...

Guests come for the food… and so much more. The Cradle’s seventh annual tasting event and fundraiser, Night of Promise, took place on Saturday, April …...

Evanston officials won’t have to worry about buying appliances for the two apartments located above the future home of Ward Eight Bar on Howard Street, …...

The fate of The Keg of Evanston’s liquor license will again rest with the city’s liquor board after a recent order by the Illinois Liquor …...

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said today that she expects the state’s Liquor Control Commission to uphold her January decision to revoke The Keg of Evanston’s liquor license. The mayor made her comments prior to a city liquor board...

After years of speculation and one false start, Trader Joe’s has signed a lease for an Evanston grocery store that it expects to open in early 2013, officials said in a press release this morning. It will replace the former Blockbuster video at...