7 Brew, one of the fastest-growing coffee chains with bragging rights to 20,000 drink variations, has opened in Carpentersville.

The Made In Elgin Shop, part of DNA’s Made In Elgin Incubator Program, will open downtown selling items made by eight entrepreneurs.

The nearly 500-member Chicagoland Nurse Honor Guard conducts ceremonies at funerals of nurses "to honor those that have gone before us."

Mason Bruesch, the 2026 Beacon-News/Courier-News Baseball Player of the Year, sets Geneva records with 47 runs and 33 steals.

Four players from Geneva’s record-setting group that reached Class 3A supersectional headline first two teams.

St. Charles North’s Abby Zawadzki, the 2026 Beacon-News/Courier-News Softball Player of the Year, hits 11 homers and goes 12-0 pitching.

Four players from St. Charles North and three each from Oswego, Yorkville and St. Charles East headline first two teams.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.