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This summer’s State FFA Agricultural Education Convention brought two of Elgin High Shool’s own future farmers center stage, collecting accolades Elgin has never received before.
Read moreIn the 1930s there was an organization of young girls in Elgin called Rainbow Girls. They were part of Eastern Star, which was composed of adult women. My mother, Mattie Belle Upchurch Smith, was a Rainbow Girl along with her friends Betty Wilson Dildy and Joy Cole Fromme.
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To have a kingdom, you must have a king. In the Old Testament, the Lord gave lofty promises about a future King coming who would be like King David, only better. When Jesus came, He didn’t seem to fit the bill. The wise men could content themselves with Jesus as King, but not Israel. That little baby didn’t really seem like much of a king, even less after He grew up. Jesus said, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20). Nothing regal about that.
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Manufacturing company leaves Austin, opens new plant in Elgin
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Bodies retrieved with support from Elgin teams after full day of excavation
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Local birders share knowledge, conserve and contribute data
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ELGIN — A recovery operation is underway for three bodies found inside a cistern in the middle of a cornfield.
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