Rick West
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South Elgin event organizers hope to show police 'we have their backs'Oct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Organizers of an event in South Elgin say they appreciate the tough position that law enforcement are put in every day and they want officers to know that the community ...
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Elgin police, residents gather to honor officers lost in the line of dutyOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police officers and residents gathered in front of the department Wednesday to show their appreciation for members of law enforcement who serve today and honor tho...
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Elgin's MLK food drive organizers take Dr. King's words to heart with early startOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive in Elgin once again is coming a few months early, and organizers say King's words are more important than having the eve...
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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...