Streamwood High School students were served salad containing recalled hard-cooked eggs during lunch service Thursday, Elgin School District U46 said Friday. A nationwide precautionary recall of GFS-brand hard-cooked eggs was not issued until after lunch service had ended Thursday, U46 said. It notified parents of Streamwood students Friday that the eggs had […]

ELGIN — Allison Jones, vice president for postsecondary collaboration at the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, said he really believes “the stars are aligned.” And, Jones said, “We’re going to have systemic change in K-12 and in higher education as a result. … I think it’s going to be successful. “There’s a lot of work to b […]

ELGIN — The city cut 13 full-time and six part-time positions Friday in a cost-cutting move. Among those whose jobs were cut were Senior Recreation Supervisor Deb Barr, Deputy Police Chief Bob Beeter, Public Services Director David Lawry, Public Safety Communications Official Sue Olafson and Community Restitution Work Coordinator Ed Swierbinski. With spots a […]

Andy Zepeda died exactly as he had requested: surrounded by the large Aurora-area family who made it their mission to bring him home. The 44-year-old former Auroran whose family made an emergency cross-country road trip from California to the Fox Valley last week, passed away at 12:05 a.m. Friday in his parents’ Montgomery home. “Andy finished his first jour […]