How to help Southern California wildfire victims
With thousands of Los Angeles County residents forced to evacuate as the Palisades fire, Eaton fire and the Hurst fire burn ...
Chicago transplants flee wildfires raging across Los Angeles: ‘I just didn’t know how fast things could spread’
An estimated 180,000 people have fled their homes this week as firefighters battle to control several deadly wildfires across ...
Elgin’s two hospitals restore mask mandates as respiratory illnesses climb
With the rise in cases of influenza, RSV, norovirus and COVID-19, Ascension St. Joseph and Advocate Sherman hospitals in ...
Feud over hemp bill dominates final days of Illinois legislative session
The fight over a hemp bill that never got called overshadowed legislation that was passed during the Illinois General ...
Music of the 1970s to be featured during performance at St. Charles Public Library
Vocalist Gavin Coyle, flutist Carlyn Lloyd and pianist Jon Warfel will perform the music of James Taylor, Seals and Crofts, ...
Two-time Frankfort cancer survivor raises more than $50,000 for children’s hospital
Tim Willson of King Heating, Cooling and Plumbing in Frankfort and a cancer survivor raised $50,000 for St. Jude Children’s ...
Elgin’s switch to new garbage collection company — and new service options — begins Thursday
Lakeshore Recycling Services becomes Elgin’s garbage collection provider starting Thursday, a change that will give residents ...
Community invited to School District 308 town hall meetings
The sessions will be offered at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, in the auditorium at Oswego East High School, ...
Elgin News Digest: Funeral for Laird Funeral Home founder set for Friday; Fox River library’s Winter Reading Challenge starts Wednesday
Services will be held this week for Donald Laird, founder of Laird Funeral Home in Elgin, who died Monday, Dec. 23, at his ...
Kouts Public Library is getting its own garden; large pig sculpture will be centerpiece
A large pig, 3 feet tall and 5 feet long, will be the centerpiece of the new library garden being developed in Kouts.
Business news: Donation to Lydia’s House and Hobart networking event
The Hobart Chamber of Commerce will host its first breakfast networking event of 2025 from 8:30-10 a.m. Jan. 14 at the Hobart Chamber Office, 1001 Lillian Stt in Hobart, according to a release.