ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- 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 ...

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 ...

Days after the third fire at the “Tent City” homeless encampment since early December, Elgin has launched a webpage to provide up-to-date information on their efforts to relocate the residents and ...

Forty-one residents of Elgin’s “Tent City” homeless encampment were relocated to a hotel this week as work to clean the property began. Three recent fires at the roughly 8-acre site along the west ...

Elgin police officers and social service staff walked through the eight-acre homeless encampment along the Fox River this week, letting the people who live there know about the city’s plans to ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- The city of Elgin is planning to begin removing a so-called tent city for the homeless next week. The move comes in response to safety concerns after recent fires there. Kira ...

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 ...

A fire tore through several structures at Elgin's "Tent City" homeless encampment Saturday night, with no injuries reported. The fire broke out at 10:46 p.m. near State and Kimball streets, engulfing ...