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“SuperCrocs” coming to Elgin library
Feb 10 2013 | 12:56 am
- An exhibit featuring enormous 40-foot crocodiles that lived 110 million years ago is headed in early May to Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. The Grand Victoria Foundation gave the library a $25,000 grant and another $25,000 challenge grant, for...
Chicago Film Critics honor 'Glee' star Jane Lynch
Feb 09 2013 | 11:14 pm
- There's no way a movie award night can go wrong if you throw in some Hollywood glitz, an entertaining emcee, and "Glee" star Jane Lynch. The Chicago actress was honored with the "Comedia Extraordinaire" award on Saturday night at the 24th Chicago...
New Christian-based basketball program in Elgin
Feb 08 2013 | 11:53 pm
- Childhood friends Justin Anthony and Josie Wallace, of Elgin, are the co-founders of Epic Youth, a new Christian-based program in Elgin that combines basketball with leadership development and college preparation. “We’re doing this so...
Trashy art exhibit graces Elgin city hall
Feb 08 2013 | 9:54 am
- Elgin artist Diane Keys loves discarded writing — detailed grocery lists left behind at the store, innocent love notes mistakenly dropped on the ground. That, and a lot more, is the kind of stuff that Keys turns into “Trashpo”...
Judson University selects new president
Feb 09 2013 | 12:22 pm
- Judson University has selected the seventh president in its 50-year history, officials announced Friday. Gene C. Crume Jr. will begin his tenure April 7 as president-elect of the private Christian university in Elgin. After a transition period, he...
Robert Klein performance in Elgin rescheduled
Feb 08 2013 | 3:31 pm
- Stand-up comedian Robert Klein's Saturday night's performance in Elgin was postponed to April 21 because of the blizzard bearing down on the East coast. Klein was scheduled to perform at Elgin Community College Arts in a co-presentation with...
Elgin cops make quick work of downtown robbery
Feb 09 2013 | 10:45 am
- A 23-year-old Chicago man was arrested less than five minutes after he brandished a BB gun to rob a store in Elgin, police said. James J. Brewer was arrested about 8 p.m. Thursday after Elgin police responded to an armed robbery at Paul's Bus Stop...
Second City alumnus part of anniversary celebration
Feb 07 2013 | 6:50 am
- Congregation Kneseth Israel in Elgin has planned a weekend of activities to celebrate its 120th anniversary, including an evening with HBO stand-up comedian and Second City alumnus Robert Klein. Making people laugh is nothing short of a higher...
Three people arrested, house condemned in Elgin
Feb 05 2013 | 11:52 pm
- Three people were arrested after they were found living with two children and several animals in a home, later condemned, that was teeming with animal feces, Elgin police announced Tuesday. Police said they are also looking for a man who is the...
Elgin residents want trucks off Liberty St.
Feb 05 2013 | 2:02 pm
- Liberty Street in Elgin is expected to become a no-passing zone with bike lanes on both sides, possibly by the end of 2013, but what residents really want is for trucks to be prohibited from driving down the street, which is also Route 25, from...