Local historian Jerry Turnquist has been readying the presentation he’ll be giving Friday night to commemorate the 150th year of the Elgin library — a library that bears the name of a man who never ...

Bigger, brighter and with more services for children and adults, the South Elgin Branch of the Gail Borden Library will reopen Saturday after an eight-month expansion and renovation. “It really does ...

Children and their families visited with the “Three Kings” during an event Saturday at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin. Gaspar, Melchor and Balthazar, the Three Kings according to Christian Tradition ...

ELGIN -- To most people in the community, he was just Charlie. A quiet man who always wore a hat, whether he was walking to the post office or grocery or shoveling snow for folks around town. However, ...

ELGIN -Literacy advocate and retiredmath teacher Bob Thomas has built and installed a registered "Little Free Library" at Elgin's Subway store at 84 North Eighth Avenue, the firstto put Elgin on the ...

This week is National Library Week, an annual celebration organized by the American Library Association to celebrate books ...

Fill a box with some delicious holiday treats and pay only $5 per pound. All proceeds go to help the Friends purchase new materials for the library.