Elgin News

In the past year, the Elgin American Legion Post 57 has lost 27 American veterans of World War II and Korea.

With his son taken from him by a war on the other side of the world, Bob Patterson now wants to make sure that sacrifice isn't forgotten.

Now it can be told - what the 50 police officers from Kane and McHenry counties did while they were mobilized to help control crowds during last week's NATO conference in Chicago.

Trish Hansley with a photo of her late son TJ who served in Iraq. Trish's 21 year old son died in his sleep at a military hospital last June after suffering from PTSD and other psychotic disorders after returning from a 12 month tour in Iraq.

Aurora Police Officer Pedro 'Pete' Rodriguez was named Thursday as the Officer of the Year by the Kane County Chiefs of Police Association for taking quick action to stop a shooting in progress.

The start gun rang out at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, sending Thomas Frazer and hundreds of other 10-mile runners down Douglas Street and into the first mile of the 35th Annual Elgin Valley Fox Trot.

Racers pass the Elgin Police Department at the kick off of the 5k race during the 35th annual Elgin Valley Fox Trot Saturday.

The Fox RiverA GenevaA Post 75 American Legion holds a ceremony and parade each year on Memorial Day.A A 6 a.m. rifle salute takes place on the State Street bridge.

About 15 people could be found meandering the River Valley Memorial Gardens here Friday morning, placing flags on the graves of the 964 veterans buried there.

All done up in her own butterfly wings, three-year-old Gianna Deutsch of Elgin shares a smile as a butterfly clings to her dress.

The second time in his career he ever fired a gun at a civilian, Officer Pedro Rodriguez stepped between a gunman and the assailant's intended victim.

Memorial Day Parade at noon from River and Benton streets. Pre-parade ceremony at 11:15 a.m. at the reviewing stand outside the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd.

An Algonquin woman who was convicted of a murder-for-hire plot against her now ex-husband has failed in her bid to win a new trial.

ST. CHARLES – Ten-year-old Austin Scott didn't want any accolades when he, with the help of his family, collected food from his neighbors last year for the food pantry at Hosanna! Lutheran Church in St.

A police officer shot and killed a pit bull that attacked him when he responded to a call for a dispute between a resident and a postal worker, police said.

At 11 a.m. Monday there will be a service at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd., as part of Elgin's Memorial Day ceremonies.

A house fire that started on an Elgin family's deck Thursday afternoon was fueled by strong winds and caused extensive damage throughout the home.

Timera Branch, left, killed John Keyes III, right, of Elgin, Illinois. Branch, 36, formerly of Streamwood, is serving a 34-year prison sentence following her 2011 conviction on murder charges.

An Elgin teen was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for his role in the death of John W. Keyes III, a 17-year-old who was run down from behind by a car and smashed into an Elgin apartment building in November 2009.

The Illinois Tollway should include congestion-priced, "managed" lanes and mass transit options such as express buses as part of its plan to rebuild the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, a special advisory council recommended today.