Elgin News Digest: Service for former councilwoman, longtime volunteer set for Saturday; South Elgin HS alum nominated for college TV award
Saturday service for former councilwoman, longtime volunteer. A memorial service for longtime Elgin volunteer Marlene Shales, a two-term Elgin City Council member in the 1980s, wi ...
Alum Leonard Schaeffer donates $7 million to Evanston Township High School
The Evanston Township High School District 202 unanimously approved the district to accept a $7 million donation from alumni Leonard Schaeffer at its meeting on Jan. 13. Schaeffer, an alumnus from ...
Charter school parents raise safety concerns about hotel housing Elgin homeless residents
The city of Elgin will look into installing surveillance cameras at the Lexington Inn & Suites, where it moved a group of homeless residents this week, after Elgin Math and Science Academy ...
President Donald Trump’s geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next
Trump’s territorial assertions, in line with his “America First” worldview, sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world ...
A bid to block President Donald Trump’s cancellation of birthright citizenship is in federal court
A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear the first arguments Thursday in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President ...
From George Halas to Ben Johnson: What was said about every Chicago Bears coach when they were hired
The day a new Chicago Bears coach is introduced can be one of the most thrilling for fans. Here’s a look back at when each of the team’s previous 18 coaches were introduced.
Snow expected to continue in Chicago Thursday morning with wind chills below zero
National Weather Service officials are expecting light snow to continue in the Chicago area in the morning areas warning of slippery roadways and windchills hovering to negative eight degrees by ...
Emma Briggs continues to get better. Meanwhile, Benet has won 21 straight. ‘She’s really playing well for us.’
Briggs has been better than ever this season, her third on varsity. She’s averaging 9.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal for the Redwings (21-1, 8-0), who have won 21 straight games and ...
Jewelry store, restaurant, hit by burglars overnight in Norwood Park
A jewelry store and a restaurant were burglarized within minutes of each other overnight in the Norwood Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Officers responded Thursday morning shortly before ...
Firefighters battle to maintain the upper hand on a huge fire north of Los Angeles
Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put ...
Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’
President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of ...
‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Oscar nominations with 13
Anora”; “The Brutalist”; “A Complete Unknown”; “Conclave”; “Dune: Part Two”; “Emilia Pérez”; “I’m Still Here.”; “Nickel Boys”; “The Substance”; ...