The church, located in Elgin’s historic district, is now considered an active disaster zone. Half of its copper-clad roof was torn off, ceilings and walls collapsed, and there was significant ...

While it won’t be business as usual, the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Elgin said the powerful storm that destroyed the historic building’s roof over the weekend won’t stop them ...

ELGIN, Ill. — In-person services resume Sunday in a different building for members of a historic northwest suburban church badly damaged by severe storms that rolled through Chicagoland earlier ...

NWS confirms at least 4 tornadoes in Chicagoland from overnight storms Friday into Saturday One of the buildings damaged, however, was Elgin’s historic First United Methodist Church, in the 200 ...