Elgin, Illinois news
An acclaimed violinist, a celebrity WGN-TV meteorologist with multiple Emmys, another Emmy winner who created Christian television station WCFC-TV/Channel 38 and the wise-cracking bandleader on “The Dick Cavett Show” are the latest inductees into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.
As part of a recent initiative of nonprofit Crate Free USA, farmer Cliff McConville will visit Elgin’s Gail Borden Public Library later this month to talk to kids about eco-friendly life on his Kane County farm near Carpentersville and Algonquin.
When suburban farmer Cliff McConville teaches kids about his farm on the Brunner Family Forest Preserve in Carpentersville, where grass-fed cows, pigs and chickens roam freely across 150 acres of pasture, he hopes he’s inspiring not only future consumers but future farmers.
A woman accused of burglarizing three homes and a management building along one Crystal Lake road will be detained in the McHenry County jail pretrial, a judge ruled.
The Kane County Health Department's youth anti-vaping initiative, Vape Free, Together, aims to bring together students, schools, parents, and tobacco retailers to prevent youth vaping
Luis E. Ramirez-Arguelles has been housed at a mental health facility since 2014, following a trial over a fatal crash officials said he caused.
As the March 19 primary approaches signs dot the parkways, roadsides, parkways and yards announcing support for candidates in various races. Awesome Campaigns Inc. is the printer for many of them.
Matt Bishop, 34, died unexpectedly at his home in Elgin Saturday. He was a Dundee Middle School music teacher for 12 years and participated in the school's band, choir, orchestra, musicals, plays and multiple clubs.
Isabella Lippi will perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 with the orchestra on March 2 and 3. She is a 2024 Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame inductee.
“Filumena: A Marriage Italian Style” is a hoot and a half.
An Elgin man, Jesus Ricardo Campos-Nevarez, is accused in McHenry County of possessing more than two kilos of heroin, authorities said.
An organization with offices and a shelter in McHenry County help women who are victims of sex trafficking and exploitation.
Artspace could be bringing its concept to Woodstock: Buildings for artists to live and work. There's one in Elgin that's thriving, the mayor says.
The award-winning Chicago Tap Theatre will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Blizzard Theatre at Elgin Community College.
A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Jan. 14 to 20, 2024.