Elgin Area School District U-46 seated newly elected school board members Monday night and bid farewell to board member Cody Holt. Incumbents returning to the board are Donna Smith and Veronica Noland, who were sworn in along with former Citizens' A...

A juvenile accused of severely injuring a seventh-grader at Kenyon Woods Middle School in South Elgin Feb. 3 has been removed from electronic home monitoring, and prosecutors have until May 23 to present his family with an offer to possibly plead ou...

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose Monday as big technology companies like Apple continued to rally. Investors bought stocks and sold bonds and gold after Congress agreed to a deal that will keep the government operating for the rest of the fiscal yea...

Elgin-area school officials say next school year they will uphold a rule that bars students who have not received their required vaccinations by the first day of school from attending classes. In years past, officials at the state's second-largest s...

Elgin schools officials are considering launching a new career pathway program in welding in partnership with neighboring school districts. For 45 years, welding has been offered only at Elgin High School. In the future, students from the other four...

Matt Gain discovered his love of science at an early age by tinkering with anything he could get his hands on, taking apart the telephone or stereo when his parents were out. Gain, who has taught chemistry and physics at Geneva Middle School South f...

LONDON (AP) - Global stocks were subdued subdued Thursday as investors assessed the scant details of President Donald Trump's U.S. tax overhaul. Unchanged policy from the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank was no surprise though the euro to...