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When the National Weather Service says look out, look out.

With the help of several gold shovels, ground has been broken for Marklunds new Nathan Education Center in Elgin.

Sun City Huntley resident Bob Higgins, 70, plans to make his eighth consecutive annual 270-mile bicycle excursion from Boston to New York in late June to raise awareness and donations for ALS research.

The Elgin Master Chorale will celebrate its 75th anniversary season with the North American premiere of a piece commissioned for the occasion. "The World Imagined," the result of a three-year collaboration between renowned English choral composer Gabriel Jackson and EMC maestro Andrew Lewis, will highlight a May 15 concert at the Blizzard Theatre at Elgin Community College.

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Elgin Mayor David Kaptain was recovering at Advocate Sherman Hospital Wednesday following complications from an outpatient procedure.

Describing "irretrievable depravity exhibited by this defendant," a Cook County judge on Monday sentenced Brian Peck to 75 years in prison for murdering and dismembering his 76-year-old mother in the Elgin home they shared.

The Kane County Association for Home and Community Education meet on Wednesday, May 18, to celebrate the 104th year of organization fulfilling the years theme, "Aspire to Inspire."

Five Larkin High School seniors are being honored by the Elgin Hispanic Network. Javier Samaniego, Alejandro Ramirez, Giselle Aguilera, Julissa Navarro, and Ariana Mattos-Cruz will be awarded scholarships ranging from $1,200 to $2,000 that they can use for college or a trade school.

The Elgin Master Chorale will celebrate its 75th anniversary season with the North American premiere of a piece commissioned for the occasion. "The World Imagined," the result of a three-year collaboration between renowned English choral composer Gabriel Jackson and EMC maestro Andrew Lewis, will highlight a May 15 concert at the Blizzard Theatre at Elgin Community College.