Elgin Courier-News – Page 52

The lessons of Earth Day are quickly forgotten when you see how much trash fills parking lots, streets and walking trails, one Speak Out contributor says.

Speak Out reader comments: Nice to have a president who doesn’t name call; garbage-strewn lots, streets belie Earth Day message; refusing vaccine is reckless endangerment of others

April 27, 2021 at 1:43 p.m.

Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, call us at 312-222-2460 or email [email protected]. Please include "speak out"...

Speak Out reader opinions: ‘Grease’ depicts an era that was the best of times; majority of Americans want gun control; new Georgia voting laws are not ‘Jim Crow’

April 23, 2021 at 3:23 p.m.

Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, call us at 312-222-2460 or email [email protected]. Please include "speak out"...

Speak Out reader opinions: Oath Keepers fight real enemy: our government; when cops tell you to do something, do it; why can’t we ban assault weapons like other countries do?

April 22, 2021 at 3:19 p.m.

Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, call us at 312-222-2460 or email [email protected]. Please include "speak out"...

CASA Kane County's Hands Around the Courthouse was held inside two years ago but this year it will be held April 29 on lawn outside the Kane County Courthouse in Geneva.

Elgin News Digest: Kane property tax bills to be mailed April 30; Hands Around the Courthouse happens April 29; blood drive happening May 1 at Pottawatomie Community Center

April 21, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

Hands Around the Courthouse set for April 29 in Geneva Hands Around the Courthouse, an annual event held by Kane County CASA to raise awareness of child abuse, is scheduled...

Speak Out reader opinions: Cubs are a team of mediocre, overpaid players; Cal Thomas conveniently forgets history; random act of kindness shows there are still good people

April 20, 2021 at 3:22 p.m.

Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, call us at 312-222-2460 or email [email protected]. Please include "speak out"...

Speak Out reader opinions: Free speech protects stupid comments; big companies should not weigh in on political issues; Bears will be nothing to look forward to this year

April 16, 2021 at 2:11 p.m.

Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, call us at 312-222-2460 or email [email protected]. Please include "speak out"...

Letters to the Editor

April 16, 2021 at 10:35 a.m.

Forty years later, bullying still not addressed in Geneva schools When we moved to Geneva in 1979, the school system was part of the attraction. Unfortunately, our younger son was...

Speak Out reader opinions: No to vaccine passport but yes to voter IDs doesn’t make sense; not everyone has a photo ID — or wants one; March Madness showed ‘best in sportsmanship’

April 15, 2021 at 4:38 p.m.

Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, call us at 312-222-2460 or email [email protected]. Please include "speak out"...

Volunteer Curtis Wilson, left, helps Bill Weirich, right, as he makes his way through the line earlier this month at the mass vaccination clinic in Aurora.

Elgin News Digest: Vaccination center volunteers sought; South Elgin planning park cleanup and e-waste recycling events; East Dundee to hold shredding event on May 15

April 15, 2021 at 2:36 p.m.

Volunteers sought to work at Kane vaccination centers The Kane County Health Department is seeking medical and nonmedical volunteers to work at one of the three COVID-19 vaccination centers in...

The Elgin History Museum is the recipient of Mayor's Awards for Preservation as are the creators of three displays or programs presented at or by the museum.

Mayor’s Awards for preservation work going to 11 Elgin recipients; 6 homeowners to receive heritage building plaques

April 14, 2021 at 11:49 a.m.

This year's Mayor's Awards Ceremony will recognize the historic preservation efforts of 11 Elgin groups or individuals and six Elgin homeowners whose houses have been chosen to receive heritage building...

All Stories