Rick West
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Seniors take center stage and show their stuff during Schaumburg variety showMar 30, 2025 4:12 pm - Performers of a certain age showed their stuff Sunday during the 10th annual Schaumburg Senior Follies Variety Show.
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Coroner confirms human remains found Tuesday belong to Karen SchepersMar 27, 2025 9:20 pm - The Kane County Coroner on Thursday positively identified the remains of Karen Schepers, an Elgin woman who went missing in 1983.
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Huntley village president Hoeft challenged by trustee Piwko in Tuesday’s electionMar 27, 2025 4:39 pm - Huntley Village President Timothy Hoeft faces a challenge from board member John Piwko during Tuesday’s election.
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‘Punk rock, street food and video games’: Legit Dogs & Ice brings owners’ passions to South ElginMar 26, 2025 11:15 pm - Legit Dogs and Ice brings an eclectic menu of hot dogs, burgers, fries and Hawaiian shaved ice, in addition to retro video games and a punk vibe, to diners in South Elgin.
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Missing woman’s car pulled from Fox River Tuesday was found and misidentified three years agoMar 26, 2025 9:34 pm - The car pulled from the Fox River Tuesday that belonged to an Elgin woman who went missing in 1983 could have been recovered three years earlier but was misidentified by an Elgin Fire Department diver as an ATV.
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‘We realized this is legit’: Elgin paramedic remembers early days of COVIDMar 26, 2025 6:25 pm - Five years after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the suburbs, Elgin Fire Department Division Chief Chris Kennedy remembers how easy it was to dismiss the threat of a pandemic in the early days.
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Dining out: Turtle gumbo, National Hot Chicken Day and a restaurant closing in St. CharlesMar 26, 2025 12:11 pm - Perry’s is offering up a Louisiana delicacy for a limited time, while Fry the Coop is celebrating National Hot Chicken Day Sunday, March 30, with a special deal.
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Police: Skeletal remains found in missing Elgin woman’s carMar 25, 2025 11:10 am - Authorities say skeletal remains were found inside the car that belonged to an Elgin woman who has been missing for 42 years.
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42 years after Elgin woman’s disappearance, police make startling discovery in Fox RiverMar 24, 2025 4:49 pm - Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, Elgin police and a dive team searching the Fox River made a stunning find: the 1980 Toyota Celica Karen Schepers owned.
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‘The creepier, the grosser, the better’: Morbid Mementos brings macabre oddities to ElginMar 21, 2025 5:22 pm - Morbid Mementos recently opened in downtown Elgin, offering oddities and curiosities, bone art, occult supplies and more.