Northwestern University enters naming agreement with Northwestern Medicine for temporary football field

The Northwestern Wildcats are set to play a majority of their home football games at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, courtesy of a two-year, exclusive naming-rights partnership with Northwestern Medicine, the university-affiliated non-profit healthcare system. The move marks the first field naming partnership in the country following rule changes on the practice by the […]

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The Book Table has been a ‘staple’ bookstore in Oak Park. The owners are set to close it soon.

Not that many years ago, there were three bookstores on Lake Street in downtown Oak Park, but at the end of this year there likely will be none. The last remaining bookstore on Lake Street, the beloved locally owned Book Table will be closing later this year. The Oak Parkers couple who owns the Book Table, Jason Smith, 51, and Rachel Weaver, 49, announced Aug. 7 that they will close the store after 21 years in the village. In a telephone interview with Pioneer Press, Smith said that they made the decision to close the store simply because they are […]

Evanston police make arrests in multiple early August shootings

Evanston police have issued a community alert asking resident to be “vigilant” and they have increased patrols in the wake of four shootings in the north suburb in two days. “Although these incidents occurred close in time and geographic location, the initial investigation indicates they are not directly related,” said the alert issued Wednesday. On August 6, at 3 p.m. officers responded to the area of Dempster Street and Darrow Avenue on a call of a male victim who had been shot, said the alert. It said that upon arrival, they found a 34-year-old Evanston resident with a single gunshot […]