Elgin

Storm sewer drainage and diesel fuel leaked into the Fox River in Elgin on Wednesday, according to local fire officials.

A fuel spill near the Fox River in Elgin has prompted the closure of Highland Ave. between Douglas Ave. and Rt. 31 as the fire department investigates.

Police in Elgin fatally shot a dog Thursday night after the animal attacked its owners, causing serious injuries, officials said.

Police in Elgin fatally shot a dog Thursday night after the animal attacked its owners, causing serious injuries, officials said.

An intersection in suburban Elgin was closed on Monday evening as authorities investigated a shooting involving an off-duty police officer, authorities said. NBC Chicago’s Evrod Cassimy reports.

A large police presence was visible Monday evening in suburban Elgin as law enforcement investigated a shooting involving an off-duty police officer, authorities said.

Three people were fatally shot in what Elgin police believed was an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. At around 1:57 p.m. on Thursday, officers with the Elgin Police Department were called to the 100 block of South State Street to perform a welfare check by someone who hadn’t seen their neighbors recently. Officers forced entry into the residence, where they…

Elgin police are looking to locate the hit-and-run driver who struck a pedestrian earlier this month. According to the Elgin Police Department, officers responded to the area of State Street and Airport Road for a crash involving a pedestrian on March 8. A preliminary investigation revealed a 35-year-old woman was struck by a 2007 GMC and a 2018 Nissan on…

A 29-year-old man was wounded after being shot by an Elgin police officer early Saturday morning after officers were called to a residence for a report of a “suicidal subject,” according to authorities.

A 17-year-old girl has been charged in a fatal Bartlett crash that killed two South Elgin High School students, including a relative, and wounded a third, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Police in northwest suburban Elgin on Friday afternoon were searching for a 2-year-old boy believed to have been abducted by a parent, according to authorities.

Officials say a preliminary investigation has determined the cause of a deadly crash that killed two South Elgin high school students, wounded two others and left a third person injured last week.

Dozens of bright balloons sailed into the sky outside South Elgin High School on Sunday in honor of two students who were killed in a crash earlier this week. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Two South Elgin High School students that were killed in a crash in Bartlett Thursday morning that also left three others injured have been identified, according to the Kane County Coroner.

A community is grieving after two South Elgin High School students were killed in a car crash in Bartlett, NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

“It is with a heavy heart that we write about a loss in our South Elgin High School family,” the statement sent to NBC Chicago began.

Two South Elgin High School students were killed and three other people were injured Thursday morning following a motor vehicle crash involving a 2002 Honda Civic and semi-tractor trailer in Bartlett, police said.

The crash occurred at approximately 7 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of IL Route 25 and Kenyon Road, officials said.

Tesla is paying people in a Chicago suburb to test drive its vehicles. According to a job posting, which remained listed as of Wednesday, Tesla revealed it was looking to pay a temporary “vehicle operator” in Elgin for an expected three-month position.

Residents in the Northwest Suburbs are continuing the cleanup process after tornadoes are confirmed to have touched down in the Elgin area, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.