Alex Harrison

Chicago, Evanston

Reporter at Evanston RoundTable

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Cyclist injured in collision with vehicle on Sheridan Road

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

A cyclist was injured Friday afternoon in a traffic crash with a car on Sheridan Road, according to the Evanston Police Department. The crash happened at 4:40 p.m. at the street’s intersection with Keeney Street and Sheridan Square. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), EPD wrote that the cyclist was “alert and conscious” when they were taken to an area hospital, and that the car’s driver remained on the scene.
City ordering independent review of procedures after hospital shooting

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

The city is commissioning an external review of its emergency response procedures after the June 5 shooting at Endeavor Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave., in which a resident experiencing a mental health crisis allegedly shot and injured a security guard and bit another in the hospital’s emergency department.
Dems running to succeed Schakowsky make opening pitches at forum

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Five candidates running to represent Evanston and other nearby communities in Congress were on the clock to leave early impressions on voters at a Democratic forum Tuesday evening, and not even a power outage got in the way of early campaign stump speeches and crowd questions. Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, state Sen.
State Sen. Laura Fine named in alleged Minnesota shooter's notes

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

State Sen. Laura Fine (D-9th District), who represents Evanston and several other northern suburbs, was one of several Illinois politicians whose names were found in notes written by the man accused of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and critically wounding another and his wife early Saturday morning. The gunman shot and killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home just hours after shooting and injuring state Sen.
Evanston police guard Schakowsky's home after Minnesota attack

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Evanston police are providing an “elevated presence” for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th District) at the request of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) after a gunman assassinated a Minnesota state legislator and her husband early Saturday morning. The RoundTable observed an Evanston police car parked near Schakowsky’s home on Monday, and EPD Cmdr. Ryan Glew confirmed in a phone call that it was a purposeful detail.
FOIA records reveal Evanston data accessible to out-of-state police making ICE searches

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

The Evanston Police Department shared its network of 18 automatic license plate readers with at least seven out-of-state agencies that sent vehicle searches to other Illinois cities for immigration enforcement cases, according to a RoundTable analysis of public records obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.
City closes play equipment at six parks due to 'safety concerns'

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Evanston officials have closed playground equipment at six parks around the city after inspections found “safety concerns that need immediate attention” caused by rotting foundations under the surface. Caution tape and small city barricades with signage have been placed around each of the affected playground structures, which include:One structure at Leah Lomar Park, on Mulford Street west of Wesley Avenue in the Eighth Ward. One at Snyder Park, 741 Judson Ave., in the Third Ward.
Statewide audit ordered for license plate readers used in Evanston

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

A nationwide network of automatic license plate readers that includes the Evanston Police Department and hundreds of other Illinois agencies will be audited in Illinois by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, after reporting revealed that out-of-state police searched data from at least two Illinois cities in abortion and immigration cases in potential violation of state law.
City gets HUD funding bump for 2025, but staff cautions it won't repeat

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

City staff reported Thursday evening that Evanston was allocated more grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this fiscal year than expected, a rare bit of positive news in federal funding that is expected to be a one-year-only occurrence. The news was shared at a joint meeting of the Social Services Committee and the Housing and Community Development Committee, both of which weigh in on how the city should allocate its annual HUD funding allocations.
Council Bytes: City on the clock to act after buying Main St. building

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Evanston’s City Council authorized buying the condemned commercial property at 801 Main St. with $735,000 of tax increment financing funds Monday night, reviving the purchase after it died in committee last month while also imposing a time limit to move toward redevelopment without any new consultant spending.