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Elgin saw an increase in serious crime in 2022 but a 12% decrease in gunfire incidents compared to 2021, according to the annual report released Thursday.

Some local leaders say they worry the changes violate state law, while residents who supported decriminalizing marijuana say the pushback disrespects democracy.

Floyd Brown, the longtime Elgin resident best known for more than 28 years with WGN television and radio, died Friday at the age of 92.

A Carpentersville man has been charged with sexually abusing two children who were his students at The Learning Tree in Elgin over a period of 13 years, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

Five people - including the Italian driver's four-year-old son - died in the crash on the A96 in 2018.

Voters in Denton, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Harker Heights overwhelmingly supported the local ballot propositions to decriminalize low-level possession. These moves followed Austin voters’ similar decision in May.

The suburban casinos are betting that they cannot only compete but thrive with bigger, better facilities near busy expressways to attract local gamblers.

The suburban casinos are betting that they cannot only compete but thrive with bigger, better facilities near busy expressways to attract local gamblers.

Elgin police put out an alert to warn residents of suspects using the guise of utility workers to get into people's houses; there have been seven burglaries and two attempted burglaries so far.

Six years ago, we set out to answer that question and got inconclusive results. And while we’ve found new info, the mystery endures.

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Man was speeding from a hit-and-run in a Cadillac Escalade when he struck a tree and large berm at Sleepy Hollow and Boncosky roads in unincorporated Dundee Township.

Friends and former colleagues are remembering Karen Beyer for her commitment to mental health issues — and to others in general — following her death Sunday at age 80 after a five-year battle with cancer.

American employers posted fewer job openings in June as the economy contends with raging inflation and rising interest rates.

Drunken driving arrests in Elgin increased by 18% in 2021, putting the city in the top five for overall arrests in Illinois outside of Chicago, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists.

It’s the fourth in the past week. Whew.

Just as Americans gear up for summer road trips, the price of oil remains stubbornly high, pushing prices at the gas pump to painful heights.

Jackson Park, home to Chicago's largest single collection of cherry trees, is reaching peak bloom. The trees were planted specifically for hanami, or the traditional Japanese practice of cherry blossom viewing.

If you drive in Montrose turning onto Westheimer Road from Bagby Street, it is a little different and some drivers are even calling the changes confusing.

Gov. Greg Abbott continued to make his rounds to visit the hardest-hit areas of Texas impacted by the severe weather.

On Monday, severe weather across Texas resulted in multiple tornado touch downs....

A young truck driver in Elgin, Texas, accidentally was treated to the ride of his life after he drove directly through the funnel of a damaging EF2 tornado on Monday. Just before crossing the road, the tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring one and sending debris and dust from the house up into the air and across the highway. As the twister churned toward the highway, little was in its path other than a lone red truck and its driver. The truck, a red 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, was quickly

Viral video of a tornado in Texas shows a Chevy truck flipped on its side and spun around before driving off.

A news conference is expected to be held in the next hour on an incident at W.R. Meadows Inc. in Hampshire Friday morning in which it is believed one or more people may have been injured.

Two men, who from Chicago and the other from Oak Forest, have been arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with last week’s shooting of two people on Hill Avenue, Elgin police said.

A man who shot and killed two Elgin men during a 2018 drug deal for a pound of pot was found guilty of first- and second-degree murder Wednesday by a Kane County jury.

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The man also was charged in connection with the kidnapping of a 21-year-old woman who authorities say was held against her will.

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Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have long threatened to sue school districts that defy Abbott’s ban on local mask mandates. On Friday, Paxton made good on that threat.

An Elgin man was charged with the strangulation death of his wife, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

A Maywood was charged with first-degree murder in a fatal 2020 shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway, Illinois State Police said.

A Chicago man has been arrested on charges he shot four people gathered in the parking lot of an Elgin bar nearly three years ago, killing his 25-year-old sister, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

The Illinois Supreme Court rejected a Geneva restaurant’s appeal of a ruling that upheld Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s indoor dining ban in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A west suburban businessman is under federal investigation for allegedly obtaining more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief loans and using much of the money to buy luxury and sports vehicles, unsealed court documents show.

Kurek-Polk saw the vehicle in time to push her husband out of the way but was struck herself, the coroner’s office said. She was taken to Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, where she died sometime before 11:15 p.m., according to the coroner.

It was not clear when he suffered the injuries but an autopsy Saturday found that Malik died of blunt force head injuries and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Sheriff Rick Watson cited that guidance in explaining why they didn’t provide masks to inmates for more than nine months after they became readily available. He says staff did all they could to protect inmates through routine sanitization and screening techniques, and the jail’s public affairs officer said quarantining is difficult in a chronically overcrowded jail. Voters in 2017 rejected a tax increase proposal that would have paid for jail expansion and improvements.

Meanwhile, the arctic freeze is over for the time being, as temperatures Sunday and throughout much of next week will climb into the 30s. It was 29 degrees as of 4 p.m. Saturday at O’Hare International Airport and Midway Airport.

Over the holiday weekend, at least five other buildings collapsed in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Two of the collapses were in Elgin, and one happened in Morton Grove, where the roof of a building at a horse stable collapsed overnight Monday into Tuesday.

“Something that everyone in Illinois should know is that things are moving in a very positive direction,” Pritzker said after touring a vaccination site in Elgin on Thursday. “It does the heart good to see people getting vaccinated and to know that we’re seeing the light at the end of this terrible COVID tunnel.”

Juan J. Rodriguez, 38, of the 200 block of Kimball Street, and Nicole C. Carnes, 34, homeless, were taken into custody Nov. 27 after an Elgin police “came across the pair as they allegedly were engaged in their scheme,” a state’s attorney office news release said.

One wrinkle in the forgiveness process is a ruling last month by the IRS that businesses cannot take common deductions for expenses such as payroll and rent if they are paid for with proceeds from PPP loans rather than normal income.

But a deeper look at the data can soften the sense of alarm somewhat — at least for the Chicago area, where many pandemic metrics have remained steady for months until some recent upticks. And the state as a whole is still in better shape than its neighbors on most of those same statistics.

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The Shedd Aquarium and Forest Preserve are launching a mapping project of freshwater mussels, one of the most endangered groups of animals in North America. An Elgin creek is one of the few places in Illinois where one species of freshwater mussel still lives at all. Once a hot spot for mussel diversity, the population in the Midwest has dropped drastically because of development and invasive species. Freshwater mussels, vitally important to the health of their aquatic ecosystems, are the “livers” of rivers and lakes. Mussels also play a major role in shaping the physical features of streams and reducing the probability of severe erosion.

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- METRO Police officers had a scare on Christmas night when a cruiser was banged up in a crash in Midtown.A METRO Police SUV and a Nissan collided at Elgin near Smith.A witness at the scene told ABC13 she saw one or two officers being treated. "The officers got treated. They were in the back of the ambulance. They seemed to be okay," the witness recalled.She says the crash was so loud it woke her up in her nearby apartment.METRO has not released a statement on the conditions of those involved at this time.Houston police responded to the crash. They say one person was arrested but did not state what charges they are facing.The driver of the Nissan did not appear to be seriously hurt.We're still trying to confirm what led up to the crash and if alcohol was a factor.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- METRO Police officers had a scare on Christmas night when a cruiser was banged up in a crash in Midtown.A METRO Police SUV and a Nissan collided at Elgin near Smith.A witness at the scene told ABC13 she saw one or two officers being treated. "The officers got treated. They were in the back of the ambulance. They seemed to be okay," the witness recalled.She says the crash was so loud it woke her up in her nearby apartment.METRO has not released a statement on the conditions of those involved at this time.Houston police responded to the crash. They say one person was arrested but did not state what charges they are facing.The driver of the Nissan did not appear to be seriously hurt.We're still trying to confirm what led up to the crash and if alcohol was a factor.

Kat Wilcox/PexelsHOUSTON - A human skeleton was found Monday in a vacant home in Houstons Third Ward neighborhood. The discovery was reported about 12:40 p.m. at Sampson and Elgin streets. Investigators are in the process of identifying the remains and determining how the person died. This story is developing. Copyright 2019 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.