
Richard Requena
Pioneer Press Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Skokie + Evanston Chicago Tribune reporter. DePaul Alumn. NAHJ Chicago.
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2 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Richard Requena
Evanston residents welcomed back the field house to the Sixth Ward’s Bent Park in late May. The Field House had been shut down for nearly three years following a 2022 fire caused by fireworks, according to a city official. The city held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the field house, built in 1927 and located near Harrison Street and Hastings Avenue, on May 23.
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4 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Richard Requena
Skokie police advised the Skokie Public Library, Oakton College, schools, businesses and residents near downtown Skokie to shelter in place Monday morning after a man was reported waving a firearm near the area of Hull Street and Niles Avenue, according to Skokie police. Police officers arrived at the 4900 block of Hull Street around 10:56 a.m., according to Sergeant Brandi Shelton, to search the area.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Richard Requena
A Northbrook man was charged with felony aggravated assault against a municipal employee after he pointed a handgun at a village of Northbrook code enforcement official, police say, in a dispute over a permit to install solar panels. Police later obtained a search warrant and discovered a stockpile of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition in the resident’s home.
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4 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Richard Requena
What started as a pop-up concept selling traditional bagels and sandwiches in Evanston is now blossoming into a third and fourth business for a trio of north suburban friends who wanted to expand the Jewish food scene on the North Shore. Friends and co-founders Eric Kogan, Jack DeMar and Kiki Eliopoulos began their joint culinary venture with Picnic in Evanston and continued it with the opening of the full-service diner Mensch’s Deli in downtown Evanston last year.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Richard Requena
What started as a pop-up concept selling traditional bagels and sandwiches in Evanston is now blossoming into a third and fourth business for a trio of north suburban friends who wanted to expand the Jewish food scene on the North Shore. Friends and co-founders Eric Kogan, Jack DeMar and Kiki Eliopoulos began their joint culinary venture with Picnic in Evanston and continued it with the opening of the full-service diner Mensch’s Deli in downtown Evanston last year.
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