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Evanston Now
Several reported stolen throughout the city within the past week.
THEFT
1300 Mulford
A catalytic converter was removed from a 2008 Toyota in the 1300 block of Mulford Street between 5 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday.
300 Darrow
A catalytic converter was removed from a 2005 Toyota in the driveway of a home in the 300 block of Darrow Avenue between 3 p.m. Wednesday and 2:45 p.m. Friday.
2500 Prairie
Two 2007 Toyotas lost their catalytic converters to thieves in the 2500 block of Prairie Avenue between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sunday.
Central at Prairie
A catalytic converter was removed from a 2007 Toyota around 11 a.m. yesterday near Central Street and Prairie Avenue.
Evanston Now
Mother buries third son who died from gun violence
Debbie Hicks-Caluya buried her son this morning, two years after burying another son, and five years after laying a third son to rest.
Police at the shooting scene at 1811 Hovland Court. (EPD photo)
Debbie Hicks-Caluya buried her son this morning, two years after burying another son, and five years after laying a third son to rest.
All three were shot and killed. The latest was 21-year old Jose Sanchez-Guerrero, who was hit by multiple rounds on Hovland Court in Evanston on March 12.
“We’ve been here three times,” said the Rev. Kenneth Cherry, in a March 26 eulogy at Christ Temple Missionary Baptist Church. “I know you’re tired,” he said to Hicks-Caluya. “And it’s just so unfair that we live in such a way that we bring this kind of grief on one mother.”
Evanston Now
Readers were drawn to a wide array of story topics in March.
Police at the shooting scene at 1811 Hovland Court. (EPD photo)
A legal challenge to a retail Goliath and funding for a guaranteed income pilot program competed with a double homicide and school budget cuts for reader attention on Evanston Now last month.
Here’s a rundown of the top 10 stories:
Three shot on Hovland Court March 12 Evanston police say two of the three men shot at 1811 Hovland Court shortly before noon today now have died. The men who died were from Glenview and Des Plaines.
Evanston bookstore sues Amazon March 26 Without a doubt, it is a modern-day version of David vs. Goliath. Bookends and Beginnings, a small independent bookstore in Evanston, has filed a lawsuit against sales and delivery behemoth Amazon.
Jose Francisco Sanchez Guerrero, a 21-year-old from Glenview, and Demarcus Anthony Cokley, a 20-year-old from Des Plaines, both died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner s