Elgin U46 sets last day, reaches agreement with 2 unions
It's time to pay the piper for all those snow days kids got in Elgin School District U46 this winter. Meeting Monday, the U46 board approved a final calendar for...
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Elgin School District U46 adds 3 years to Sanders’ contract
Elgin School District U46 has extended Chief Executive Officer Tony Sanders' contract for three years and added one year to Kenneth Arndt's contract as part-time interim superintendent. As the contracts...
Some state funding restored for Elgin-area schools
Most of the state aid for Elgin-area schools that had been cut last month by a budget deal between Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders has been given back. But...
Veterans of Dundee pub quiz dominate Elgin Trivia Bee
With perennial juggernaut Judson University off the field, and teams from Gail Borden Public Library and The Courier-News sagging, veterans of Bill Margeson's East Dundee pub quiz dominated the 18th...
Elgin Community College’s cops keep the peace without using guns
The Elgin Community College police force will be training on the use of the chemical Narcan, which reportedly can save the life of a person who has overdosed on heroin,...
Jorge Galvan becomes student representative on ECC Board
One candidate named Galvan did win an election in Elgin this month. The better known one, business consultant Joe Galvan, ran against incumbent Dave Kaptain for the post of mayor...
Larkin junior selected as Elgin School District U46 Board rep
A Larkin High School junior has been named as the new student representative on the Elgin School District U46 Board of Education. During its last meeting, the school board voted...
Elgin Community College to remodel Building M
As construction continues on Elgin Community College's new Public Safety Training Center in Burlington and Lakeside Plaza on the south side of the main campus, the next building project on...
Community leaders become ‘principals for a day’ in Elgin District U46
Attending school in Elgin School District U46 involves a lot more than sitting through a lecture about quadratic equations (though it does involve that, too), 75 community leaders and business...
Elgin High declared safe after gun scare, four-hour lockdown
As they streamed out of the school an hour early, Elgin High School students recalled conditions in classrooms as a gun scare caused school officials to impose a "hold in...