In this week s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a girl with health issues receiving a free puppy, an event offering free haircuts and school supplies to Elgin area kids, and a retired pastor who took an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Elgin activist Marcus Banner will join local volunteers, businesses and city employees to hand out school supplies, food and services at the annual Back to School Festival.
As Elgin prepares plans for their North Grove redevelopment area, a renewed focus is on the city s homelessness issue downtown. Nine candidates for four available at-large seats on the city council have each weighed in on the problem during numerous forums.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. food drive collected about 30,000 pounds of food donations from one Elgin church and is receiving monetary donations from other churches, organizers said.