Elgin
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What suburbs' schools are doing to combat the pandemic learning slideAug 14, 2021 1:00 am - Schools are offering more academic, mental health support to students
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Elgin barbers offer free haircuts to underprivileged studentsAug 14, 2021 1:00 am - Several Elgin barbers will come together to provide free back-to-school haircuts to Elgin-area students in need Sunday. Haircuts are available on a walk-in basis from no...
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Boys golf: Scouting Fox Valley areaAug 14, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: We're scouting the 2021 Fox Valley boys golf season today. Repeated attempts were made to reach every school in our coverage area. Bob Sweeney starts his ...
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Free school supplies handed out at annual back-to-school bashAug 14, 2021 1:00 am - Cars lined up for hours even before Elgin's fourth annual Back to School BBQ Bash started Saturday in Wing Park. Organizers handed out free backpacks filled with school...
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Woman's Club Collecting New Items for Drive-Thru Baby ShowerAug 13, 2021 11:00 pm - Northwest Suburban Woman's Club is collecting new baby items for a baby shower to be held in September at the Hines VA. Due to Covid concerns, the baby shower, which is...
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Census: Elgin now the sixth-largest city in IllinoisAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin is now the sixth largest city in Illinois, according to 2020 census data just released. With a population of 114,797, Elgin has moved up two spots since 2010, when...
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'Beyond the Neighborhood' offers jazz musical tribute to Fred RogersAug 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Chicago-based vocalist Keri Johnsrud and Grammy-nominated pianist Kevin Bales will perform their latest engaging and innovative release, "Beyond the Neighborhood: The Mu...
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Kane County Theatre's first outdoor production, 'Romeo & Juliet, knocks it out of the parkAug 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Submitted by Lynne Kornecki Kane County Repertory Theatre's opening night of Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo & Juliet" on Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Pottawatomie Park pavili...
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Bartlett centenarian makes artistic debut in solo exhibitAug 12, 2021 11:00 pm - If you think you're too old to try something new, then you'll think again when you meet Victory Centre of Bartlett resident Helen Frank. At age 96, Frank began creating...
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Kane County sheriff's office investigating fatal dog shooting involving Wayne president's husbandAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County sheriff's deputies are investigating allegations that the husband of Wayne Village President Eileen Phipps shot and killed a neighbor's dog without justifica...