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Elgin man charged with stalking in connection with incident involving female Abbott Middle School students

January 21, 2023 at 12:59 p.m.

A man believed to have been following and making inappropriate comments to female students walking home from Abbott Middle School this week has been arrested by Elgin police. Alan S....

Elgin man found in St. Charles gas station restroom charged with fleeing police, damaging police car

January 20, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.

An Elgin man charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding Friday damaged three vehicles, including a unmarked squad car, while trying to escape a traffic stop and was found hiding in...

Iron Eyes Cody, whose tearful face was featured in 1970s television commercials, became a powerful symbol of the anti-littering campaign. The message seems to have been forgotten some Speak Out contributors say.

Speak Out: Opposition to new law makes no sense since assault weapons endanger sheriff’s deputies too; failed candidate’s gun attack shows danger of extremism; litter’s ‘disgusting, embarrassing, nasty’

January 20, 2023 at 2:24 p.m.

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Letters to the Editor: New Illinois law aims to stop people from being killed in massacres

January 20, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.

Law aims to stop people from being killed in massacres Guns may not be the root of all evil but it's the first thing that comes to mind every time...

Elgin man charged with 20 counts of child porn possession and reproduction

January 19, 2023 at 12:55 p.m.

An Elgin man has been arrested on charges he owned and reproduced child porn, officials said. Steven J. Young, 64, of the first block of Aldine Street, faces 10 class...

This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Speak Out: Biden and Trump both wrong to have taken classified documents; new gun law won’t make us safer; remember ComEd’s promises when they wanted to take a nuclear plant offline?

January 18, 2023 at 1:49 p.m.

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Elton John made Rolling Stone magazine's list of 200 best singers but was not among the top 10, much to the irritation of one Speak Out contributor.

Speak Out: My Pillow products being removed by stores for political reasons shameful; time to shut off the Ukrainian aid spigot; how did Elvis, Elton John not make top 10 singers list?

January 17, 2023 at 12:38 p.m.

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Eggs being sold at a grocery store in Marietta, Georgia, Wednesday cost $7.52, more than double the average $3.59 price in November, according to the latest government data.

Speak Out: Biden deserves same treatment as Trump over classified documents; littering’s the one problem that never goes away; laundry detergent and fabric softener scents are overwhelming

January 13, 2023 at 8:35 a.m.

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Speak Out: McCarthy not in same league as former speakers Sam Rayburn, Tip O’Neil; let voters decide George Santos’ fate; if inflation’s coming down why are eggs $6 a dozen?

January 12, 2023 at 12:02 p.m.

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters Monay as he walks to his office at the Capitol in Washington.

Speak Out: Ousted Brazilian president takes page out of Trump playbook; Chicago throws Hail Mary pass for something that’s 20 years too late; McCarthy undeserving of Speaker position

January 9, 2023 at 4:31 p.m.

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