Rick West
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Elgin takes 'huge step forward' in disaster preparedness with purchase of mobile emergency operations unitOct 04, 2021 1:00 am - In a nod to Ben Franklin's saying about fire awareness that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," Elgin officials are hoping $826,599 of prevention is going...
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How We Got The Picture: Tornado'd in BurlingtonSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - One of the more awkward and difficult things about being a photojournalist is that in order to share the important stories in your community, you are frequently insertin...
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St. Charles Park District to honor longtime employee and volunteer with memorialSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - A woman who spent 69 years as an employee and volunteer with the St. Charles Park District died last month. Carol Glemza, who was 97 when she passed away on Aug. 31, hol...
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Salvation Army hopes free music program can open doors for kidsSep 27, 2021 5:30 am - Daniel Simmons says a music program he joined years ago at the Salvation Army in Elgin changed his life. Now he brings his own kids back to where he started so they can ...
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'Bittersweet' day for retiring assistant fire chief in ElginSep 27, 2021 1:00 am - Outgoing Elgin Fire Department Assistant Chief Dan Rink and his old boss, Chief Robb Cagann, both used the same word to describe their feelings on Monday during Rink's r...
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Elgin's Centro de Informacion to celebrate annual gala onlineSep 24, 2021 5:30 am - The black ties and gowns can stay in the closet for another year for those attending Centro de Informacion's annual gala next Thursday. For the second year in a row, the...
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IDPH downgrades Advocate Sherman Hospital's trauma center designation amid anesthesiologist shortageSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - Two days after a top surgeon at Advocate Sherman Hospital sounded the alarm about an ongoing shortage of anesthesiologists, the Elgin hospital has lost its designation a...
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No injuries in fire that leaves Elgin home uninhabitableSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - No one was hurt in a Thursday fire that caused an estimated $50,000 damage to an Elgin home. The Elgin Fire Department responded just before 2 p.m. on Thursday to report...
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'The hospital is broken': Sherman surgery vice chair calls anesthesia shortage a crisisSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - A top surgeon at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin said Wednesday the hospital's anesthesia provider shortage was a crisis that wouldn't soon be resolved. Dr. Tom Stan...
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Elgin police investigating armed robbery at businessSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police are investigating an armed robbery by two men Wednesday. Responding to a call at 1:36 p.m. to a business on the 800 block of Dundee Avenue, police say two m...