Elgin Community College burns grass on former golf course
Burning off a field of dry, waist-high prairie weeds — as is done often at Kane County forest preserves — is a lot easier than the challenge that faced some...
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Elgin-made Lincoln funeral car headed to Springfield, but without steam engine
The Elgin-built reproduction of the train car that carried Abraham Lincoln's body will participate in Springfield's commemoration of Lincoln's burial 150 years ago next month after a misunderstanding was ironed...
No more smoking on Elgin Community College campus
Smoker's Corner at Elgin Community College has become history — along with smoking almost anywhere else on campus. Indoor smoking at the college, like that in most Illinois public buildings,...
Elgin students spend spring break creating shelter for immigrant family
When a dozen Elgin Community College students signed up to devote their precious week of spring break building a house for a family who needs it, they knew they were...
District U46 buffing up its image with ‘annual report’
Signs advertising housing developments on the fringes of Elgin note proudly that they are in the St. Charles or Burlington Central school district — not Elgin School District U46. But...
Route 25 at Stearns to close at night for week of bridge work
Eight years after building began, the Stearns Road bridge and road extension project is still causing headaches for motorists. Each night during this week, March 30-April 3, the road that...
Elgin-area districts take different views of school funding proposal
Under a proposed change to state funding for schools, most districts in the Elgin area would come out ahead. But Burlington Central District 301, which covers Elgin's far west side,...
ECC’s Hanover Park Education and Work Center has more users than capacity
Rebecca Walker says a lot of the people who come to her staff for help at the Hanover Park Education and Work Center are in their 30s or 40s. But...
Future Elgin leaders invite high-achieving teens to a bowling bash
Five people likely to become leaders soon in Elgin-area politics and volunteerism gathered Tuesday with eight teenagers for a bowling and pizza party. The parties' organizers were among the 2014-2015...
School District U46 relaxes restrictions on advertising policy
Budget pressures or not, Elgin School District U46 officials aren't ready to change the name of Memorial Field to "Starbucks Stadium" or rename Larkin High School in honor of that...