Elgin
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Photos: The first half of August fills The Week in PicturesAug 23, 2026 7:06 pm - Daily Herald photographers worked in so many communities in August, yours must be in here. ...
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Ragtime Festival brings classic music to historic trolley museum in South ElginAug 22, 2026 2:21 pm - The sounds of classic and modern ragtime filled the air Saturday at the Ragtime Festival at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin.
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Hoffman Estates Park District extends sign-up deadline for fall soccer programAug 21, 2026 6:49 pm - The Hoffman Estates Park District is extending its Fall House League Soccer registration deadline until Sunday, Aug. 23 to sign up children for the season which starts Aug. 31.
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‘This is an institution’: Paul’s Family Restaurant celebrates 65 years in ElginAug 21, 2026 6:00 pm - About 75 friends, family and local dignitaries gathered at Paul’s Family Restaurant on Friday, Aug. 21, to honor its 65th year in Elgin.
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South Elgin man gets 14 years in prison for disseminating child pornographyAug 21, 2026 4:25 pm - A South Elgin man was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to disseminating child sexual abuse materials
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Hoffman Estates’ Summer Hang rescheduled to Aug. 26Aug 21, 2026 4:05 pm - Hoffman Estates’ weather-canceled Hello Hoffman Summer Hang has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Aug. 26 at South Ridge Park to provide input that will help the village’s planning team shape the next 20 years for the community.
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Shops on Spring incubator project brings home-based businesses to a storefront in downtown ElginAug 21, 2026 12:40 pm - Shops on Spring, a storefront created by the Made-In-Elgin incubator program, held a grand opening at 42 S. Spring St. in downtown Elgin on Thursday. Four new previously home-based businesses now have their first brick-and-mortar locations.
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Documentary on Elgin’s Hispanic history debuts Friday at ECCAug 20, 2026 11:23 am - Elgin History Museum’s documentary and traveling exhibit, “Nuestras Historias: Celebrando la cultura y la comunidad hispana/Our Stories: Celebrating Hispanic Culture and Community,” will premiere Friday at Elgin Community College.
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Pritzker signs disaster proclamation to aid communities in storm cleanup effortsAug 20, 2026 7:54 am - Gov. JB Pritzker issued a proclamation Tuesday to bring financial help to 15 Illinois counties — including five in the Chicago region — pounded by severe and record-breaking storms over recent weeks.
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Aurora and Elgin barbershop chapters celebrate 80 years of harmonyAug 19, 2026 10:11 pm - The Aurora Lamplighters and Fox Valley Harmonizers Barbershop Chapters celebrated their 80th anniversaries with 60 past and present members at Nick's Pizza Restaurant in Elgin.