Elgin mayor David Kaptain and city councilman Corey Dixon addressed a packed room of about 160 people during a League of Women Voters forum at the Gail Borden Library Tuesday. Kaptain is seeking his fourth term, while if Dixon is elected, he would be the city s first Black mayor.
With a decision on a controversial railroad merger coming soon, suburban mayors and lawmakers on Monday exhorted federal regulators to postpone any decisions given a recent catastrophic derailment in Ohio.