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Seeing all these Chicago Cubs fans without masks at Saturday's game at Wrigley Field has one Speak Out commenter wondering if these folks will be part of another COVID-19 outbreak.

Speak Out Reader opinions: Insurance reform needed but not medical care change; Obama far worse than Trump; will sports events without masks cause another COVID outbreak?

June 24, 2021 at 11:33 a.m.

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The Fourth of July is still a couple of weeks off, but the illegal fireworks have already started, one Speak Out contributor said.

Speak Out reader opinions: Surly unemployment worker refuses to identify himself; electric stations prime vandalism targets; fireworks already starting

June 24, 2021 at 10:48 a.m.

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People wait in line outside the mass vaccination clinic inside the Eastside Recreation Center in Elgin on the first day it opened in April.

Elgin News Digest: Elgin’s mass vax center closing this week; firefighter memorial service set for Saturday in Elgin; bank veep to fill Kane County Board vacancy; free Great American tickets for youths who get vaccine

June 24, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

Mass vaccination center in Elgin closes this week Kane County Health Department's mass vaccination center in Elgin will be closed permanently as of Friday. The operation was set up at...

People would be less inclined to hold on to their cars until they are no longer drivable if car manufacturers would find ways to remove some of the features that make they so expensive to purchase, one Speak Out commenter says.

Speak Out reader opinions: Car manufacturers shooting themselves in foot; better to get involved than to complain; GOP being hypocritical on Dr. Fauci

June 22, 2021 at 12:23 p.m.

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Elgin News Digest: Armed robbery in East Dundee; Kane paper-shredding event June 26; road work starts Monday at Randall/Silver Glen intersection

June 19, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

Victims lose possessions, car in East Dundee holdup Four out-of-town people lured to an East Dundee home had their car and possessions stolen in an armed robbery, police said. The...

Elgin is awarding prizes for the best houses, businesses and bikes decorated for the Fourth of July.

Bike, house and business decorating contests part of Elgin’s Fourth of July festivities

June 19, 2021 at 11:11 a.m.

The city of Elgin is holding a kids bike decorating contest and a home and business decorating contest with the theme What Fourth of July Means to Me. In the...

Speak Out reader opinions: Trump knew how to use ‘tough love’; no connection between gas prices and socialism; we need to reprogram and open our minds

June 18, 2021 at 9:23 a.m.

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Fire badly damages Elgin home on Aldine Street

June 17, 2021 at 9:48 a.m.

An Elgin house was badly damaged in a Wednesday evening fire, officials said. Firefighters arrived about 6:50 p.m. to find flames coming out several first-floor windows of a two-story home...

Speak Out reader opinions: Billionaires don’t care about little guys; guns far more likely to shoot family than stop intruder; Biden’s U.S. means higher gas costs

June 16, 2021 at 7:07 p.m.

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Elgin News Digest: Bad house fire on Aldine; Frog Lady at Lords Park Zoo Saturday; donations sought for Project Backpack; vaccine clinic at Swedish Days Fest

June 17, 2021 at 10:55 a.m.

Fire badly damages Elgin home on Aldine Street An Elgin house was badly damaged in a Wednesday evening fire, officials said. Firefighters arrived about 6:50 p.m. to find flames coming...

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