Elgin Planning and Zoning commissioners rejected a bid from a developer to bring a 7 Brew Coffee to Summit Street, citing concerns about the high traffic volume at the drive-thru establishment.

After serving the Elgin area for more than 30 years, arts nonprofit Hamilton Wings formally dissolved Sept. 30.

A nationally known MMA fighter who grew up a few blocks from one of Carpentersville’s fire stations designed this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month T-shirt for the department’s annual fundraiser.

After instituting a cellphone ban two years ago, Hinckley-Big Rock School District 429 has now moved away from students having their own school-issued computers.

Halloween and Day of the Dead events are underway in the Elgin area now through early November. Check out our list of events.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Nobody embodied Bears football more than Mike Ditka, who became the face of the franchise as both a Hall of Fame tight end and a Super Bowl-winning coach.

The denials comes as Trump’s administration denied providing federal assistance to Illinois last year, denials Illinois Democrats say shows the president is politicizing disaster relief.