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About 40 homeless residents living in Elgin's "tent city" along the Fox River were relocated this week to rooms at the Lexington Inn & Suites on Dundee Avenue, where they will live until April 1. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Elgin may replace police officers with Andy Frain guards to provide security at hotel housing homeless people

April 8, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.

Private security guards could replace Elgin police officers in providing security at the Lexington Inn & Suites, where the city has been housing homeless people since January.

People watch as the 1980 Toyota Celica driven by Karen Schepers, the 23-year-old Elgin woman missing since 1983, is removed from the Fox River in Elgin on March 25, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Elgin detectives recount the week they knew they’d solved the Karen Schepers missing person case

March 28, 2025 at 6:56 p.m.

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley discusses the Karen Schepers missing person case with two detectives who found her car and remains in the Fox River after 41 years.

The disappearance of Karen Schepers, missing since April 1983, was solved by the Elgin police this week after human skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River were confirmed to be hers. (Elgin Police Department)

Karen Schepers remembered as talented and a good friend: ‘She was a remarkable person’

March 27, 2025 at 11:46 a.m.

Karen Schepers, missing since she disappeared in 1983 while driving home to Elgin, is remembered by her brother as his sibling but also as a "remarkable person."

Detective Andrew Houghton, third from right, watches the Toyota Celica of Karen Schepers being loaded onto a flatbed truck after being taken out of the Fox River on March 25, 2025, in Elgin. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Human remains found in car pulled from the Fox River belonging to Elgin woman missing since 1983

March 26, 2025 at 11:19 a.m.

Human remains were found inside a car pulled from the Fox River that belonged to Karen Schepers, an Elgin woman who has been missing for nearly 42 years.

Chef Zach Laidlaw, who appeared on the "Next Level Chef" TV competition, presented a cooking demonstration Thursday for Elgin Community College Culinary Arts & Hospitality students Thursday. Patrick Stewart, an ECC assistant professor, worked with Laidlaw for the event. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

‘Next Level’ chef Zach Laidlaw returns to his ECC roots to give cooking demo, work with students

March 22, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

“Next Level Chef” finalist Zach Laidlaw returned to his alma mater Elgin Community College to do a cooking demonstration and work with culinary arts students.

Elgin council candidates weigh in on how the city should address the issue of homelessness

March 20, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

The Courier-News asked the eight candidates running for the Elgin City Council what they think should be done about the issue of homelessness in the city.

The village of East Dundee is seeking a company to redevelop the former Doederlein Lumber Co. property, a project that is to include a new performing arts venue for Raue Center for the Arts. (Village of East Dundee)

Proposals sought for former East Dundee lumberyard site to include new arts center

March 20, 2025 at 12:56 p.m.

East Dundee is inviting developers to submit redevelopment proposals for the former Doederlein Lumber Co. property that are to include a new performing arts venue for Raue Center for the...

National Weather Service investigators believe straight-line winds — not a tornado or microburst — damaged the copper roof of First United Methodist Church in Elgin Friday night. Sunday services will be held at Cornerstone United Methodist Church while repair work is done, officials said. (First United Methodist Church in Elgin)

Damage to Elgin church roof likely caused by straight-line winds, NWS says

March 18, 2025 at 6:46 p.m.

Straight-line winds — not a tornado or microburst — are the likely cause of the damage done to the roof of First United Methodist Church in Elgin by a storm...

A violent storm Friday night ruined the roof of First United Methodist Church in downtown Elgin. National Weather Service investigators are doing a damage survey to determine if a tornado came through the area. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Friday-night storm that ripped off part of Elgin church’s roof being assessed as possible tornado

March 15, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.

A Friday night storm strong enough to rip the roof off First United Methodist Church in downtown Elgin will be evaluated as a possible tornado by the National Weather Service,...

Work is to begin Monday on the Route 20 bridge in Elgin that crosses over Poplar Creek and St. Charles and Liberty streets. This is how it looks when looking up from St. Charles Street. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)

Route 20 going to be a bear for Elgin drivers this summer with multiple construction projects planned

March 14, 2025 at 9:31 p.m.

Just when you thought congestion on Route 20 in Elgin couldn’t get any worse, the Illinois Department of Transportation has announced repair work is to start Monday on the bridge...

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