At least two people are dead and homes were leveled after tornadoes and “gumball”-size hail tore through Kankakee County and neighboring parts of Indiana Tuesday evening.

Photos: Tornadoes rip across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana

Jack E. Cook Dog Park, which opened this month in Elgin, is proving to be a hit with pooches and their owners.

Switchback will be performing an afternoon concert of Irish/American roots music on St. Patrick’s Day at Elgin Community College.

In the last 6 years, Sleepy Hollow has had 47 breaks in its water mains, most of which date back to the village's founding in 1958.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Toni Preckwinkle is running for her fifth term. If she’s ultimately successful, she would equal former President George Dunne as the board’s longest-serving leader.