Elgin News

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A homeless man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting an Elgin woman he knew in March, prosecutors said Friday.

Michael Griffin was awarded the Army Commendation Medal of Valor during a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Elgin on Thursday.

He was also arrested on a Kane County warrant on a charge of retail theft but was released on $2,500 bond.

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

Note: The following information was obtained from Algonquin Police Department arrest reports.

Direct your parents to load up the family car and head on Interstate 90 past Barrington, past Elgin and through Hampshire.

A crash between a motorcycle and semi-tractor killed one person Wednesday afternoon, the Kane County Sheriff's Office reports.

Streamwood High School students in the top 2 percent graduating fromSchool District U46 are recognized at Monday at a special school board meeting in the Elgin High School auditorium.

During 2012, the department responded 2,627 requests for service. This figure includes 948 fire responses and 1,679 emergency medical responses.

Retired Army Sgt. Michael Griffin will be honored with the Army Commendation Medal of Valor Thursday, nine years after he was shot four times in Iraq and provided key information about the enemy's whereabouts while he fought for his own life.

Dave Ginsberg of Geneva finished first with a time of 18:49 at The Hope For Haitians 5K on Saturday in Geneva.

After police added patrols around schools this year, Officer Conan Fender noticed one behavior from motorists that really bothered him.

Anette Bliss said she was thrilled when she was announced as the winner of the Kane County Educator of the Year award.

A 49-year-old Huntley man was arrested early Monday in Elgin and charged with his fifth DUI offense, according to police and court records.

Fire officials suspect that faulty roofing-construction work caused a ceiling collapse that injured two people and made 21 temporarily homeless at the Black Hawk Apartments over the weekend.

The South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Fire Station No.

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine charges from an arrest in Elgin last July, according to court records.

A Naperville man and six others, one of whom was injured, face a variety of criminal charges after police were called to BlackFinn American Saloon to break up a fight early Sunday morning.

Two charged in burglary: Andre Sardin, 48, of the 400 block of Bowen Court, Elgin, and William T. Ferguson, 35, of the 100 block of Timber Trail, Streamwood, were charged each with a felony count of burglary and a misdemeanor count of theft.