A Sycamore man whose 2022 attack on a West Dundee police officer resulted in a “life-altering” injury has been sentenced to eight years in state prison.
Man responsible for West Dundee cop’s ‘life-altering’ injury gets 8-year prison term
Category: Elgin Courier-News
Baseball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from the area.
IDOT planning to close Illinois, Lavoie ramps as part of Route 20 overhaul in Elgin
The Illinois Department of Transportation gave Elgin residents a closer look this week at plans to close the Route 20 ramps off Illinois and Lavoie avenues ramps as part of a proposed overhaul of the corridor.
Elgin News Digest: Carpentersville hosting Mental Health Awareness Month events in May; CASA Kane County hosts inaugural Countryside Clays Sporting Tournament; ‘Those Were the Days’ host to talk about old-time radio at St. Charles library
Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
Rick Armstrong’s Aurora-Elgin area softball rankings and player of the week
With a logjam at the top, West Aurora and Bartlett enter area rankings.
Good showing on this week’s ‘Next Level’ pushes ECC’s Laidlaw into final three
Zach Laidlaw is one challenge away from making the grand finale on season three of “Next Level Chef.”
The cooking challenge for the five remaining chefs in the reality TV competition Thursday called for them to showcase kombucha, a trendy East Asian fermented black tea, in their dish.
Based on their performances on the previous episode, Laidlaw, a professional chef who trained at Elgin Community College, and Izahya Thomas, a social media chef from Miami, worked from the basement kitchen with inferior equipment and picked-over ingredients.
West Aurora’s Keira Hayton wasn’t slaphappy. She had a concussion. But a year later? ‘She flies under the radar.’
In her third varsity season, Keira Hayton has been dominant this spring for the Blackhawks.
Paul Johnson’s Aurora-Elgin area baseball rankings and player of the week
Geneva, St. Charles East, Burlington Central and Bartlett on upswing in area rankings.
Elgin receives $10.8 million interest-free loan for lead water line replacement
The city of Elgin has been awarded a $10.8 million interest-free loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to replace lead water lines, reducing the amount of bonds they’ll need to sell this year.
Job layoff prompts woman to pursue her dream, and the Churro Bar in Elgin is born
Ivannia Segura didn’t expect the overwhelming response her bakery has received since opening in Elgin a week ago.
“We haven’t done any publicity” for the Churro Bar at 238 S. Randall Road, Segura said. “We just did an announcement on Facebook that we were opening. … We didn’t expect (it to be an immediate hit).”