Elgin Partnership for Early Learning is poised to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a change the group hopes will help it grow and prepare more area children for kindergarten. The organization, which works to ensure that children 5 years old and y...

LADARIO, Brazil - One year ago on a Friday afternoon, Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist, motored along the Itaquai river in far western Brazil, to the settlement of Ladario. The line of wooden hou...

Patrick Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgery Thursday and is expected to miss four to six months. Agent Pat Brisson confirmed Kane's operation in a text message to The Associated Press. The extended absence appears to rule out Kane for an NHL trai...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden's desk to become ...

Elgin Community College and its partners are preparing for Project Backpack, a community-based initiative to benefit area students in need from Elgin Area School District U-46, Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300, Central Unit District 301, ...

Photos from the Elgin, Larkin, South Elgin, Bartlett and Streamwood high school graduation ceremonies from Saturday, May 27, 2023 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates.

Two landmark pieces of state legislation, one requiring halal/kosher foods be made available at public facilities and another providing Muslim imams access into prisons for chaplaincy, are on their way to becoming laws. The bills - Faith by Plate Ac...

WASHINGTON - A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April, and consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high. The index, which the Federal Reserve closely monitors, showed that prices rose 0.4% from ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Abortion will soon be severely restricted in one of the last bastions for legal access in the U.S. South. The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy - before m...

The title of superintendent might be new, but Suzanne Johnson is no stranger to Elgin Area School District U-46. Officials Tuesday announced the Elgin High School alum will be the district's new superintendent. Johnson has been serving as the interi...