On a rainy, bleary afternoon, a toddler peers out of her apartment window. A new brightly colored playground sits empty in ...

Tickets are running out at Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 77th year of performances, this weekend, on Oct. 10 and 11 at The ...

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At Judson University’s chapel walls are adorned in colors this evening as guests who lined the building enter in preparation ...

Eight months after a loaded firearm was found on Elgin Community College’s campus, student Jessica Jeffries’ criminal case ...

After more than a decade with the ECC Police Department, Claudio Mercado has retired this month leaving behind colleagues who ...

Welding students now have equipment that they didn’t have before, and other pieces of equipment are newer versions of old ...

ECC has a growing number of students and staff with physical disabilities; however, some flaws continue to persist on its campus for those who are physically disabled. ADA push buttons that go out of ...

After graduating from ECC in 2022, Ramos joins the Observer for his first year to focus on utilizing and honing on his photography skills in the medium of photojournalism. He also seeks to become more ...

A police chief is in charge of the entire police department. That is not typically a person who also has a second job, but the police chief here in Elgin does. Ana Lalley has been Chief of the Elgin ...

As the heat of the summer begins, finals conclude for many students at Elgin Community College, while the work to preserve natural waterways remains never-ending for the beaver. “They are the largest ...

A sign placed in Channing Memorial Park detailing the history of the cemetery the land used to be home to. Juan Castillo Channing park with Channing Memorial Elementary. Sites used to be home to a ...