A so-called tent city in Elgin is being cleared out on Tuesday. The Elgin City Council approved a $2.5 million contract to remove the eight-acre site along the Fox River. The process will take about ...

The city of Elgin is planning to begin removing a so-called tent city for the homeless next week. The move comes in response ...

A program created to house the former residents of the Tent City homeless encampment in Elgin has received a state grant that will fund its continuation through the end of next June. The Unsheltered ...

A drone video of the eight acres that make up a tent city underscores the daunting task the city of Elgin has in cleaning up the site. “It is extensive,” said Greg Hulke, the city’s parks ...

Elgin will continue housing former residents of the Tent City homeless encampment at the Lexington Inn & Suites through the fall while the city looks for a permanent housing solution. City Manager ...

Just two days after yet another fire at Elgin’s huge tent city, a webpage was launched to update residents on Elgin’s efforts to relocate inhabitants from the homeless encampment and to offer ways for ...

The wakeup call came at 7:30 a.m. on Monday. Capitol Police officers combed through the Tent City homeless encampment in a wooded area off South Front Street, informing the remaining 20 or so ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Investigators in northwest suburban Elgin have determined that three fires at a homeless tent encampment since early December were all accidental and unrelated. The Elgin Fire ...