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Elgin High School students are organizing the school's first Relay For Life event May 19.

Twenty-three Elgin Area School District U-46 high school seniors will receive $1,000 scholarships and recognitions at Club Guadalupano's annual Latino Awards Banquet Saturday at Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin.

A panel of local educators, community and faith leaders, parents and students will discuss the purpose and promise of public education Thursday in Elgin.

South Elgin police are investigating the case of a toddler who may have overdosed on a narcotic and been saved by a dose of naloxone administered by paramedics.

Elgin residents soon will be able to recycle clothes and household items -- such as jewelry, toys, silverware, pots and microwaves -- with a free, curbside pickup.

An Elgin man faces up to 30 years prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a child he knew, officials said.

An Elgin legislator wants to encourage the growth of milkweed and prevent local governments from getting in the way, all to protect the dwindling monarch butterflies.

Elgin Area School District U-46 will cap off its yearlong sustainability efforts to improve efficiency, increase recycling and reduce its carbon footprint with Earth Day activities this weekend.

Students at Elgin Academy have been working on a service project exploring ways to fight poverty in the Elgin community. It will culminate Tuesday with a Solutions Symposium.

A judge Friday denied a move by an Elgin woman accused of trying to run down her estranged husband to have her $750,000 bail reduced.

Elgin librarian Monica Dombrowski created Gail's Toolkit, a free, web-based curriculum of classes for fellow librarians who want to help patrons learn about technology.

Residents celebrated Earth Day Saturday with plenty of events throughout the Fox Valley.

The Elgin Lions Club and the Dundee Township Lions Club sponsored the Lions Raceway Woods 5K Run and Walk Saturday at Raceway Woods Forest Preserve in Carpentersville.

A man was charged Sunday with driving under the influence in connection with a two-vehicle crash in Elgin, police said.

An Elgin letter to the editor: My deepest appreciation to the voters, supporters, precint walkers, who worked in my interest.

George Arsoniadis, new owner of the Big Skillet restaurant on McLean Boulevard, is a familiar face in the Fox Valley dining scene. He comes from 30 years of owning and/or managing such other local eateries as Alexander's, Uncle Paul's, Bootleggers, Joe's American Kitchen and Jameson's. And he is part of the same family that owns the Village Squire and Rookies.

This year, you can order annuals online for the Mother's Day Garden Market, hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of the St. Charles Knights of Columbus Council 12497. There also will be hundreds of perennials, a Yard Art area, and a new "Kids Section."

An Elgin man who accidentally shot his friend Saturday face four felony gun charges.

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