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Brittany Martinez is buried at Elgin's Mount Hope Cemetery, next to her father, Robert. The 11-year-old was killed in 1997 by her uncle, Edward Milka, who is being released from prison Thursday. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin man convicted of sexually assaulting, murdering his niece being released from prison Thursday

June 10, 2025 at 5:33 p.m.

Former Elgin resident Edward A. Milka is to be released from state prison Thursday after serving half of the 55-year sentence he was given for the 1997 sexual assault and...

Crowds filled Festival Park Saturday for Elgin's third annual Pride Festival, which featured food trucks, live music and 70 vendors. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Pride Festival a source of support, fun, love for Elgin’s LGBTQ+ community

June 10, 2025 at 2:14 p.m.

ELGbtq+’s third annual Elgin Pride Festival, held in downtown Festival Park following an annual parade, drew 70 vendors offering everything from makeovers and Pride merchandise to mental health assistance and...

The village of Wauconda allows golf carts like the one owned by the village police department to be used on city streets. East Dundee plans to enact a similar ordinance this summer. (Village of Wauconda)

East Dundee planning to allow golf carts to use village streets

June 6, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

The East Dundee Village Board has directed staff to draft an ordinance that would allow golf carts to be driven on village streets. It could be ready for a vote...

Rain put a bit of a damper on last year's Elgin Pride Parade, but that shouldn't be a problem this year for the third annual event in downtown Elgin followed by a party in Festival Park. Temperatures are expected by in the 70s and only a slight chance of rain predicted. (Elgin Pride)

Elgin Pride Parade & Festival organizers expecting big crowd for Saturday’s downtown festivities

June 5, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

The Elgin Pride Parade steps off Saturday morning followed by a party in Festival Park, courtesy of ELGbtq+ and the city of Elgin.

Midwest Sports Center wants to build the headquarters for the Illinois Youth Soccer Association on a site off McLean Boulevard in Elgin. One of the two soccer fields they plan to create would be covered by a dome. (Midwest Sports Center)

Youth Soccer Association headquarters proposed for Elgin site

June 3, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

An abandoned mobile home subdivision in Elgin will become the headquarters for the Illinois Youth Soccer Association under plans submitted to the city.

A rendering of what a Hindu temple complex proposed by Umiya Mataji Sastha Chicago Midwest would look like if built off Route 20/Lake Street in Elgin. (Umiya Mataji Sastha Chicago Midwest)

Hindu temple complex/residential development in Elgin gets thumbs down from commission

June 4, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

A proposal to build a Hindu temple complex and residential development will go to the Elgin City Council without the endorsement of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission.

Thanks to a $3 million grant from the state, an underpass below the Kimball Street bridge in Elgin will be built so users don't need to leave the path, cross the bridge and then return to the path, officials said. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin lands $3 million state grant to build Fox River Trail underpass at Kimball bridge

May 30, 2025 at 5:02 p.m.

Elgin has been awarded a $3 million state grant to build an underpass along the Fox River Trail below the Kimball Street bridge.

In this 2015 photo, BMX riders practice at The Hill track, which is part of the Elgin Sports Complex. The land on which the track is located is owned by the city of Elgin, but operated and maintained by a private nonprofit group. (Courier-News file photo)

BMX track at Elgin Sports Complex to open to public two days a week

May 29, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

The Hill BMX Elgin, a nationally-sanctioned track ranked among the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada, will open to the public two days a week under a deal struck...

Rey, a 5-year-old American quarter horse, gave residents along Lin Lor Lane and Jane Drive in Elgin quite a surprise Monday when he left his Kane County stable to take run down to the Jewel-Osco store on Larkin Avenue. City officials used carrots to lure him to safety so his owners could reclaim him -- and add another lock to his stall. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Rey’s big adventure: Runaway horse takes a gallop down Elgin streets

May 27, 2025 at 2:51 p.m.

Rey, a 5-year-old American quarter horse, gave residents along Lin Lor Lane and Jane Drive in Elgin quite a surprise Monday when he left his Kane County stable to take...

Senior Services in Elgin to hold rally Wednesday to decry proposed federal cuts

May 23, 2025 at 10:11 p.m.

Senior Services Associates Inc. in Elgin is one of many nonprofits participating in rallies Wednesday to protest proposed federal budget cuts to the Older Americans Act

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