Elgin News

"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.

A Centegra Hospital-McHenry surgical team performs a laparoscopic hysterectomy. Hospitals serving McHenry County charge wildly different prices for the same treatment, according to figures released by the federal government for the first time last week.

Using the Fast Bend+ safety system, the upper tool can be quickly positioned very close to the metal sheet without placing the operator in any danger.

With drive times under a couple of hours, these are the staff's favorite out-and-back excursions from the city.

ELGIN – The Illinois General Assembly has passed a measure that will let Elgin Community College expand by purchasing land from the city of Elgin, according to a news release from State Rep.

Office Position available in Elgin auction gallery. Person needed for typing and miscellaneous office work.

A homeless man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting an Elgin woman he knew in March, prosecutors said Friday.

Michael Griffin was awarded the Army Commendation Medal of Valor during a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Elgin on Thursday.

He was also arrested on a Kane County warrant on a charge of retail theft but was released on $2,500 bond.

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

Note: The following information was obtained from Algonquin Police Department arrest reports.

Direct your parents to load up the family car and head on Interstate 90 past Barrington, past Elgin and through Hampshire.

A crash between a motorcycle and semi-tractor killed one person Wednesday afternoon, the Kane County Sheriff's Office reports.