Elgin Academy's comeback after a low-scoring first quarter came up short as the Hilltoppers fell to Chicago Uplift 64-50 in Wednesday's Class 1A Westminster Christian regional semifinal. Chicago ...

Once isolated as a fledgling frontier town with log cabins, horse-drawn carriages and only a few thousand settlers, Elgin saw a path to growth that would become familiar in the suburbs nearly two ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- Elgin Academy's basketball team celebrated their last home game win ever on Tuesday. After 185 years, Elgin Academy will close its doors at the end of this school year. The Elgin ...

As Elgin Academy prepares to close for good after after 185 years, three women have put together an Elgin History Museum exhibit to document and preserve the institution’s importance to the city. “I ...

Elgin Academy has been sold to an organization that plans to use it for an Islamic K-12 school. Paul Druzinsky, Elgin Academy’s interim head of school, confirmed the sale of the 350 Park St. property ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- For nearly two centuries, Elgin Academy has served generations of students, hosting more than 150 ceremonies, such as the 8th grade graduation on the campus quad on Thursday.

When Kaitlyn Pearson runs, she thinks about how happy she makes her mom. Robin Pearson wanted her daughter to try track since Kaitlyn was in the sixth grade. Mom and daughter long watched the Olympics ...

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