Open house to celebrate Mike Alft’s 90th birthday
Friends of the dean of Elgin's local historians, E.C. "Mike" Alft, will celebrate his 90th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 12 at the...
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Metra Milwaukee West trains disrupted by pedestrian accident in Elgin
Commuter service along Metra's Milwaukee West Line was disrupted late Friday afternoon after a westbound train hit a pedestrian near the Route 25 crossing in Elgin. Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile...
Elgin police puzzled after man tries to grab child out of stroller
Elgin police said Friday that they have no known motive for an attempt by two men to grab a child out of a stroller as the boy's grandmother fought them...
Many mobiles may be moving to scrap yard in Elgin School District U46
If proposed elementary-school attendance area changes go into effect in Elgin School District U46, almost half of the district's mobile classrooms may be headed for the scrap yard after next...
U46 considers changes that could shift 800 students in 17 schools
Elgin School District U46 is moving toward converting Illinois Park Early Learning Center to an elementary school and changing attendance boundaries that will affect more than 800 students in 17...
Other ‘Fox’ films didn’t make it
Matt Pniewski's documentary "The Story of the Fox" is not the first attempt to tell the story of the Fox on film. And it may not be the last. In...
Real-life anti-pollution hero the Fox may be headed to the big screen
Jim Phillips' story sounds like the invention of a Hollywood screenwriter or a Marvel comic book artist: A mild-mannered school teacher by day, he goes out by night committing crimes...
Three Elginites recall their roles in civil rights turmoil of 1960s
Going beyond what he revealed in his new documentary film "Project 2-3-1," Ernie Broadnax recalled being stabbed during a riot outside Elgin High School. Betty Brown remembered being turned down...
Pastor poised to be honored with street name
Countless lives have been changed over the almost 40 years that James L. Marks has been pastor of African-American Bethesda Church of God in Christ in Elgin and now the...
Biking part of Elgin’s long history
"Bicycles were the iPhones of the 1890s. Everybody had to have one," said Elgin antique collector Jeff White, which led to both their manufacture in the city and to racing...