There can be no complaints that there’s nothing to do this Fourth of July weekend given the full slate of activities planned by the city of Elgin and the Sleepy Hollow Service Club.

The new store at 300 S. Second St. in St. Charles is filling the space of the old Blue Goose Market.

The job of Illinois lieutenant governor will become vacant with the current occupant, Juliana Stratton, running to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

Trump Truth Store owner Lisa Fleischmann faced eviction, in part, because of a 6-foot Donald Trump inflatable. Now she hopes to find a new location in a different town.

Crowds lined the streets of downtown Carpentersville Saturday for the village’s annual Independence Day Parade.

AT&T presented 200 refurbished laptop computers to members of the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Illinois in Elgin.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.