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Elgin Courier News

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Elgin plans to buy hotel to house homeless after management firm hired

Elgin is seeking an organization to take over operation of the shelter it’s set up at Lexington Inn & Suites to house homeless residents.

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Developer seeking to add 140 more homes to Ponds of Stony Creek in Elgin

Elgin's Planning and Zoning Commission endorse final phase of Ponds of Stony Creek, which would add 140 more single-family homes.

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Elgin News Digest: No ID yet on Raceway Woods human remains; D300 art show to be held Friday, Saturday

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

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Landmarks: A Hindenburg survivor’s legacy lives on at his Homewood home and a Saint Xavier University dorm

Nelson Morris, of Homewood, was one of four Chicago area passengers on the doomed Hindenburg flight of May 6, 1937. Three survived.

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Cook County tax commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty in DUI trial

A judge declared Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty of driving under the influence late Tuesday morning.

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