Four of seven spots on the council are up for grabs in next year’s election, and all four incumbents — Mayor Ed Schock and council members Thomas Sandor, David Kaptain and Brenda Rodgers — are planning to try to hold onto their seats.
In addition, the following people have picked up nominating petitions at city hall: […]
A preliminary design has been chosen for the Gail Borden Public Library’s first branch, and officials hope to break ground on the 10,000-square-foot building in April.
Residents of the library district can also expect to see a major fundraising campaign next year to raise money for materials to fill the branch, which will be built on […]
In recent editorials, both Mike Bailey and Chris Bailey have slammed the city for its refusal to deal with the immigration issue.
When I covered city hall in the 1980s, the Elgin City Council was pressured into passing a resolution declaring Elgin a nuclear-free zone.
A small knot of people in a woozy, dreamlike state […]
Evidence of the slowing market is visible locally as a walk through the Par Development project will readily attest. Many of the finished units are vacant, with signs offering the property for sale or rent. Earlier this year, the contractor developing the former Spiess site had to beg the city for $2 million more to […]
