Elgin News

Gambling with counterfeits: A man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly used counterfeit money to gamble at a blackjack table at the Grand Victoria Casino, police reported.

An Elgin woman faces felony charges for promoting the prostitution of a 17-year-old girl, following a three-month undercover investigation conducted by Aurora police.

A nursing home appears to be headed to Elgin's far west side, and at least one neighbor complained that's a far cry from the Trader Joe's grocery store residents were led to believe would be built there.

Before drivers take to the roads to begin the summer travel season this Memorial Day weekend, the Illinois Tollway is reminding drivers that the speed limit in construction work zones is 45 mph, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, regardless of whether workers are present.

A popular nightclub in Bartlett will permanently close its doors an hour earlier after voluntarily surrendering its 4 a.m. liquor license, village officials say.

When it comes to luxury style, nothings combines intricate design with the beauty of multicultural elements like IJORERE The Invitation, Inc.

A construction worker snakes an acetylene torch hose through dirt and concrete last week during bridge construction along Route 31 North of Big Timber Road in Elgin.

After she and her classmates gathered 2,445 pounds of used clothing in one month to be recycled, St.

The Police Chief of the Stockton has been indicted on charges of identity theft and official misconduct.

The 81-year-old driver of a 2000 Volvo that collided Monday morning with a Mercury at Mill Street and Randall Road died later that day, police reported Tuesday.

Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgin was arrested at his job as Stockton police chief in western Illinois after a Kane County grand jury indicted him on 16 counts of identity theft and four counts of misconduct, prosecutors said.

The Kane County Riverboat Committee will issue $1 million in external grants to 67 outside applicants at the beginning of June.

"We are human beings. We are able to walk upright on two feet. We need a footpath," the Naperville naturalist wrote in a 1963 letter to the editor.

At Bluff City Cemetery, over 500 flags honoring local veterans line the streets as part of the award winning "Avenue of Flags." There are also more than 2600 smaller flags flying over veterans graves placed by local volunteers as part of the group's "Adopt a Cemetery" program.

The Riverside Drive Promenade, seen here May 14, has been under construction for about a year with plans for two-way vehicle traffic, a bike path and a walkway connecting Festival Park to Chicago Street.

A Schaumburg woman remained behind bars in Kane County on Monday, days after police said she was driving under the influence when she rear-ended a cyclist in East Dundee and fled the scene.

A former U-46 teacher has sued the district, arguing she was essentially fired and discriminated against after a hospitalization in fall 2010.

DUI Brendan T. Moratz, 27, of 611 S. Division St., Barrington, was arrested for DUI, BAC over .08, leaving the scene of property damage accident, no insurance and no driver's license on person after being involved in an accident at 312 S. Hager Ave., May 6. He was released on bond and given a Cook County court date of June 20.

Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 1:35 a.m. and found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg near Jefferson Avenue and Porter Street, according to officials.

Jacki Bakker, of Carpentersville, wanted to learn more about Islam, which is her daughter-in-law's religion and now her son's. Lyn Humbrack, a member of Elgin's First Congregational Church, has heard plenty of stereotypes about Muslims on TV but wanted to know the facts.