One or more “forever chemicals” have been found in South Elgin’s groundwater supply by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Wing Park Family Aquatic Center in Elgin has been temporarily closed after a maintenance issue was uncovered Tuesday during an annual inspection by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Northwest Indiana fireworks stores do boffo business around the Fourth of July as laws bar the sale of them in Illinois. The parking lot at Krazy Kaplans in Hammond was filled with Illinois license plates on Tuesday.

Here’s our guide to July 4 fireworks displays in the Chicago area, with shows from almost a hundred communities.

BMX riders from across Illinois will be headed to Elgin this fall for the 2025 BMX State Championship, which is being held for the first time at The Hill BMX track at the Elgin Sports Complex.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine’s life-saving double lung transplant.

A former lawmaker and deputy governor, Christian Mitchell now oversees civic engagement at the University of Chicago. Current Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton is running for US Senate.