A petite woman’s Elgin watch dating to the 1930s recently made it back from Arkansas to the town where it was made, with a well-traveled story part of its packaging. The timepiece had been in the ...

Reisman himself once smuggled a clutch of pricey watches home to the US, entering New York—as Sports Illustrated put it in 1977 —“wearing two dozen Rolex watches under his Bolero sleeves.” Marty’s ...

ELGIN — Elgin’s neighborhood watch is underway. Concerned residents of the small town gathered Monday night at the community center to begin organizing to form the watch. The meeting also provided the ...

Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

The Elgin Community Network's "Elgin Alive Series" program continues from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, in the Elgin Room at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin. Fifteen years ...

The Elgin National Watch Historic District will take center stage this weekend during the Gifford Park Association’s 42nd annual Historic Elgin House Tour. Four homes on Arlington Street, one on South ...

When the Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan in 1860, British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram was lost to the deep, but 165 years later his pocket watch has returned home. The steamship quickly ...