The annual Juneteenth Festival in Elgin’s Festival Park has been canceled this year because the date organizers wanted for the event was given to a different group, the African American Coalition of Kane County said.

Randy Hopp, a former Gail Borden Public Library District trustee who was trying to return to the board in the April 1 election, has died from injuries he received after being struck by a car in December.

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area.

Two Elgin men who allegedly struck a vehicle while driving in Addison, fired at the people in the car when they followed them and took police on a high-speed chase are being held in the DuPage County jail without bond, officials said.

Metra lines could be set for new names, as the agency prepares to take over Union Pacific routes. But first, Metra and Union Pacific must resolve a compensation dispute.

A four-vehicle crash triggered by a deer running across the road resulted in two people being killed and two seriously injured Sunday night at Plank and Switzer roads west of Elgin, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office.