Duncan Agnew

1 month ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Duncan Agnew

A few dozen families from the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, a K-8 magnet school in Skokie, got a chance on Wednesday evening to ask District 65 officials about where their kids will be attending school starting in the 2026-2027 year.

1 month ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Duncan Agnew

After devoting the last four years of my life to community journalism in Evanston — first as a reporter, then an assistant editor and finally managing editor for the last 13 months — this is my last week at the RoundTable. I’ve known this was coming for a long time. My partner, Hannah, is graduating from medical school this spring, and we’re heading out west to San Francisco, where she’s starting her residency next month. But this is still a bittersweet goodbye.

1 month ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Margo Milanowski |Richard Cahan |Duncan Agnew

A little more than two weeks after Pope Francis died, the College of Cardinals on Thursday in Vatican City announced their selection of the first American pope: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago in 1955. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV, the first to choose Leo since Leo XIII, an Italian pope who died in 1903. Leo XIII was known for being outspoken in support of working people’s right to a living wage.

1 month ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Duncan Agnew

Evanston Police arrested 61-year-old Skokie resident Debra Cohen on Friday, May 2, for the alleged hit-and-run that injured a 63-year-old pedestrian on the afternoon of April 25 at the corner of Grove Street and Chicago Avenue, EPD said in a Thursday afternoon news release. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Cohen with leaving the scene of an accident, a Class 4 felony in Illinois, and failure to render aid, a misdemeanor.

1 month ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Duncan Agnew

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office charged 57-year-old Evanston resident John Ross Sr. with two counts of attempted first degree murder for allegedly shooting at two victims, at least one a family member, on Saturday night, May 3, police said in a press release published Monday afternoon. According to the Evanston Police Department, Ross got into a verbal altercation with a family member, a 34-year-old Evanston man, at Ross’ home in the 2300 block of Greenwood Street.