The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board has selected Art Fessler as the new superintendent, effective July 1. The appointment was announced Tuesday. Fessler joins District 59 from Oak Lawn-Hometown District 123 where he has been t...

For the third straight year, the 2012-13 Upstate Eight Conference crossover girls basketball schedule did not have Elgin Area School District U-46 rivals Bartlett and Streamwood scheduled to play each other. But Hawks’ coach Denise Sarna and Streamw...

For the third straight year, the 2012-13 Upstate Eight Conference crossover girls basketball schedule did not have Elgin Area School District U-46 rivals Bartlett and Streamwood scheduled to play each other. But Hawks’ coach Denise Sarna and Streamw...

For the third straight year, the 2012-13 Upstate Eight Conference crossover girls basketball schedule did not have Elgin Area School District U-46 rivals Bartlett and Streamwood scheduled to play each other. But Hawks’ coach Denise Sarna and Streamw...

It’s never too late to further one’s education, Thomas Nicoski of St. Charles says. The 63-year-old should know, since he graduated Saturday with a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Judson University in Elgin. Nicoski also was the re...

He faces felony charges of attacking his parents and he’s banned from using the library, but Gail Borden Public Library Board Trustee Randy Hopp says he plans to run for re-election in April. Hopp, who by a vote of the library board earlier this wee...

Elgin Mayor David Kaptain talked about the city’s last four eras in his state of the city address Tuesday before members of the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. The first era was marked by the success of the Watch Factory; the second he called the d...

When Gunnar Kay was a freshman, St. Viator baseball coach Mike Manno believed the young pitcher might end up at the Division I level of college baseball. “Because of his great mechanics we thought he had a chance,” Manno said. “And he comes from a f...