Alex Harrison

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Evanston’s City Council will hold its first meeting at the new Morton City Hall, 909 Davis St., at 6 p.m. on Monday in the Council Chambers on the building’s second floor. It will also be the penultimate meeting of the outgoing City Council term following the consolidated elections on Tuesday, April 1. City officials previously thought the current term would end and the new one would begin on May 12, but recently found out that the election’s early timing has created an exception.

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Northwestern University has reached a “provisional settlement” with dozens of former student-athletes who sued the school in relation to hazing and sexual abuse in the university’s football program, according to one of the plaintiff attorneys and a recent court filing. In the filing, which was submitted to the Cook County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon, Northwestern requests the trial date in Fitzgerald’s case be continued from Nov. 3, 2025 to March 24, 2026.

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Developers presented their latest proposal for a high-rise project on vacant land at 605 Davis St. at a meeting Thursday evening, pitching residents on their concept for a 31-story apartment tower that also wraps in protections for an adjacent landmark property. Dozens of residents attended the two-hour meeting at the Evanston Public Library, the same venue as the project’s originally scheduled March 9 meeting, which was canceled due to a power outage.

3 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison |Duncan Agnew

All but two races — for the First Ward and Seventh Ward seats on the City Council — resulted in concessions and victory celebrations on election night. But time to count additional mail-in ballots brought some clarity on the results of both contests after 48 hours. First Ward candidate Stephen Hackney told the RoundTable he called opponent Clare Kelly to concede the race Wednesday morning, writing he doesn’t “think there will be too many mail-ins left” to close the gap.

3 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

With unofficial results reported for all 45 of Evanston’s voting precincts in the April 1 local elections, candidates for City Council and city clerk hold leads ranging from slim to mathematically certain, leading several to declare victory and concede defeat on election night. However, all candidates’ leads will shift, and some races could even flip, over the coming days as lagging mail ballots arrive and are counted.