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School secretary Lauren Jazwiec and coach Mike Aydt recall how much the late Father Edward Seisser meant to students and staff at St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin.

St. Edward High staff remember Seisser as loving, sacrificing, involved

May 10, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

Nothing was quite right as St. Edward Central Catholic High School began its second day of 2015-2016 classes Wednesday morning: A lightning strike the night before had knocked out the...

First day of school: A CEO on a bus, replacing a resigned teacher

May 10, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

There were a few glitches — such as one teacher quitting his or her job on the night before class was to start. But as the 2015-2016 school year came...

Administrators Dale Burnidge, left, and Jeff King explain the proposed 2015-2016 budget to members of the Elgin School District U46 board.

District U46 budget no ‘doomsday scenario,’ but cautious

May 10, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

Last winter, officials of Elgin School District U46 warned of a possible "doomsday scenario" of slashed state aid, new pension costs and frozen property taxes that could hit the district...

Principal Steve Johnson welcomes children and parents to a new school year at Highland Elementary School in Elgin Monday.

First lesson in Elgin School District U46: How to behave

May 10, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

Monday was the first day of the school year in Elgin School District U46, and first on the agenda at many schools was a reminder of how kids should behave....

Dale Moorhouse at Gail Borden Public Library with a blowup of a baiduhai paperboy photographed by his father, Ferris, on VJ Day in Elgin in 1945.

Elgin photos record Greatest Generation’s happiest hour

May 10, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

It was the Greatest Generation's greatest hour — 70 years ago Friday. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1945, these sturdy sufferers who had survived the Great Depression finally had achieved victory...

What’s new in District U46 this fall?

May 10, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

What's new in the 53 Elgin School District U46 schools as classes resume Monday? Quite a bit, from new curricula in several subject areas to new preschool classes to lots...

Workers make last-minute changes on one of the rooftop decks at Elgin Community College.

ECC’s outdoors more beautiful, Building M more modern

May 10, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

As students begin fall classes on Elgin Community College's main campus Monday, they will find more beauty on the outside and a more modern usefulness in part of the inside....

Earlybirds get their books from the Elgin Community College bookstore Monday, a week before the start of fall classes will bring a blizzard of business.

Elgin Community College bookstore counterattacks rising cost of texts

May 10, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

As Emily Westergaard checked out the books for her biology class at the Elgin Community College bookstore Monday, the cash register took no time at all to add up the...

Is the Plank Road Panther prowling west of Elgin again?

May 10, 2019 at 3:10 a.m.

Milwaukee people are fascinated (or terrified) by reports of a wandering cougar or lion. Illinois' governor and Legislature have legalized hunting the estimated 5,000 bobcats who call the state home....

Speaker David Johnston and black leader Ernie Broadnax exchange stories after the final "Reflections: Each One Reach One" oral-history event in Elgin.

Elgin educator, planner remember civil rights struggles of 1960s

May 10, 2019 at 3:10 a.m.

Elgin celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Thursday by recording the memories of college teacher Joyce Fountain and former City Planner David Johnston about...

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