As Elgin residents await the final, long-sought recommendations from the city s community task force on policing, the nine candidates running for city council have differing views on both the effectiveness of the task force and the role the council and residents should play when it comes to the police department.
The nine candidates running for four Elgin City Council seats have varying opinions on the city’s homeless population and not all think the city’s plan for a tiny home complex to providing housing and services is sufficient.
Elgin resident Anthony Ortiz, a former U.S. Marine injured in Afghanistan in December 2010, was presented with a Purple Heart medal Wednesday by state Sen. Cristina Castro.
Judge Susan Bailey ordered a mental health evaluation for George Ortiz, who is accused of killing Phillip Dewey Bergquist in October near the Red River. It’s not Ortiz’s first outburst in court.