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A group of Elgin residents who've been fighting to save their century-old oak trees are relieved Nicor has decided, for now, to preseve the trees.

According to prosecutors, at about 6 p.m. June 13, Embry and the victim were outside in the 1200 block of Century Oaks Drive in Elgin when Embry dragged the victim across the street, punched her in the face, broke a bottle over her head causing and kicked her in the ribs.

• A pink Coach purse valued at $350 was reported stolen at 2 p.m. April 25 from a car parked at the Lily Lake Cemetery on Route 47 as the victim was tending to the upkeep at her sister's grave.

A South Elgin man faces prison time after being convicted of shooting a tow truck driver in 2015 following a confrontation, Kane County officials said.

Robert Denwood of Elgin launched his "Elgin Hops Project" in March to show that one can grow great crops with methods that are natural, cheap and easy.

Elgin-area school officials say next school year they will uphold a rule that bars students who have not received their required vaccinations by the first day of school from attending classes.

A juvenile accused of severely injuring a seventh-grader at Kenyon Woods Middle School in South Elgin on Feb. 3 has been removed from electronic home monitoring and prosecutors have until May 23 to present his family with an offer to possibly plead out the case.

The Middleby Corp. said it has acquired Burford Corp., a manufacturer of industrial baking equipment based in Maysville, Oklahoma.

Elgin Area School District U-46 seated newly elected school board members Monday and bid farewell to others.

A free program on Sunday, May 7 at the Dundee Township Historical Society aims to shed light on the experiences of local World War I veterans, who served in France.

Kane County's dwindling cut of riverboat gambling proceeds will fuel the smallest amount of money handed out to local non-profits and governments since the program began.

An Elgin man pleaded guilty to robbing another man at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin in December 2015 and faces up to 15 years prison.

In his dreams, Max Gross finds himself again as he walks, runs and moves through the world, confident in his path as a soldier about to begin his U.S. Army Ranger battalion assignment.

Elgin Academy students next week will walk 3.5 miles carrying 20 pounds of books to mimic what nearly a billion people go through each day to access clean water.

It's been a year since South Elgin teenager Kianna Galvin disappeared, and her mother is beginning to wrap her mind around the unfathomable -- that she may never see her again.

Larkin High School Principal Jon Tuin this week announced he will be leaving his job to head up a high school in California.

Elgin leaders are seeking to demolish a vacant, decrepit bowling alley on the city's southeast side that was once proposed for use as a church. "It's dragging down the neighborhood," said Marc Mylott, the city's director of community development.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Elgin hosted its 44th annual Strawberry Festival Saturday at the church on Grand Boulevard.

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Two suburban hockey players with hearing loss became members of the first U.S. National Women's Deaf Ice Hockey team when it debuted last month in New York.

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