Elgin

Lawyers for a church in Elgin say it is their constitutional right to meet, even during a pandemic.

A man is facing DUI and weapons charges after a road rage incident last month in northwest suburban Elgin.

Xavier L. Pruitt has been released on bail on felony charges of aggravated domestic battery, unlawful restraint and a misdemeanor count of domestic battery, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office said in a statement.

He is being held at the Kane County Jail on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court April 22.

Charles N. Hall was found guilty on Thursday.

David E. Bruce faces felony counts of aggravated arson, battery, assault of an officer and criminal damage to property.

Service was disrupted Sunday on Metra’s Milwaukee District West line after a freight train derailed near northwest suburban Elgin.

The Illinois Gaming Board told the state’s 10 casinos Friday that they must shut down starting Monday, March 16 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Between July 2017 and October 2018, Parham allegedly used the cards to make $262,056 in unauthorized purchases, prosecutors said.

Luis-Alberto Najera-Ayala, 45, was charged with seven counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.

A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for breaking into an Elgin home and sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.

Riders are advised to listen to platform announcements for the latest service information.

The service for John James Murphy, 71, was held at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. Murphy died Dec. 18 at a nearby hospital after living in a rehabilitation center since 2017.

An off-duty sergeant with the Cook County sheriff’s office was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in west suburban Elgin after suffering an apparent medical emergency.

Although recreational marijuana will be legalized in Illinois starting Jan. 1, suburban police were already making far fewer arrests for crimes such as possession and manufacture of cannabis years before lawmakers signed off on legalization, police department data shows.

Two children face felony charges in connection to a Tuesday shooting in Elgin that seriously wounded a 14-year-old girl outside a grade school in the western suburb.

A 14-year-old girl was seriously wounded by stray gunfire Tuesday near a grade school in west suburban Elgin.

A man who shot and killed a 20-year-old in 2015 in west suburban Elgin was sentenced to 55 years in prison Friday.

Chicago has chosen its Christmas tree.