Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.
Elgin News Digest: School District U-46 honors top graduates in class of 2025; Elgin police launch new initiative to help autistic drivers
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Brooklyn Marks, who also plays a mean shortstop, closes in on new strikeout record for Sandwich. ‘She’s on fire.’
Brooklyn Marks fires five-hitter with eight strikeouts as Sandwich finishes regular season with 3-1 win over Newark.
Rick Armstrong’s Aurora-Elgin area softball rankings and player of the week
Oswego and Kaneland keep winning strikes alive, while Sandwich enters the rankings.
Baseball and softball scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.
Pair charged in attack on woman after making ‘derogatory’ comments about her sex orientation at Carpentersville McDonald’s
A woman was severely beaten at a Carpentersville McDonald’s by a man and a juvenile who allegedly made “derogatory remarks about the victim’s sexual orientation as they passed by her,” officials said.
Free summer entertainment aplenty scheduled for the Elgin-area starting this month
From outdoor markets to concerts, movies, cruise nights and exercise classes, there’s something for almost everyone at the free weekly and monthly summer events being held in and around Elgin over the next few months.
A safety in football, Brady Alstott boosts total to team-best 21 steals for Kaneland. ‘Can do really good things.’
Brady Alstott steals another base, giving him a team-best 21, in Kaneland’s 8-3 victory over Sandwich.
Baseball and softball scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.
Elgin police remember the 10 Illinois law enforcement officers killed in line of duty in last year
During the Elgin Police Department Memorial Service, 10 Illinois law enforcement officers who died in 2024 were remembered.
Organizations push back on new charging pilot program in letter to State’s Attorney Burke
Organizations on Friday sent a letter to Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke opposing a pilot program that allows Chicago police officers to bypass prosecutors and directly file charges in some low-level felony gun cases, arguing the initiative “removes critical oversight from the charging process.”