Sycamore 2-year-old Oliver Olinger and his family got a police escort in style, joined by more than 100 motorcyclists, to the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum on Sunday. It's been almost a year since he finished treatment for leukemia, his mom said.

The DeKalb Municipal Band, conducted by Kirk Lundbeck, will continue its 171st season with a concert titled “Into the Depths,” featuring vocalist Deanna Tausch on June 24.

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The heat Sunday didn't stop people from filling Hopkins Park in DeKalb to celebrate Juneteenth. The event commemorates the day enslaved people in Texas were told they were free on June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. DeKalb's celebration included games, vendors, dancing and more.

CENTURY 21 Circle, in partnership with Barb Food Mart, is putting on a special community fundraiser later this month.

A nearly yearlong search for the next DeKalb County administrator concluded this week as the next government leader was named, hailing from a downstate small city.

DeKalb County residents can drop off unwanted electronics on Saturday during a recycling event hosted by the DeKalb County Health Department at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport.

The University of Extension for Boone, DeKalb, and Ogle counties will partner with Mayfield Congregational Church to host its “Habitat at Home: Backyard Bird and Butterfly Sanctuaries” event.

The DeKalb County Mental Health Board and the Living Room at Ben Gordon Center recently held its second annual “In My Shoes: Art for Hope and Healing from Mental Illness” in honor of Mental Health Awareness month.

Multiple places in DeKalb, Sycamore and throughout the county are designated free cooling centers for anyone needing an escape from the heat. Here's where to go if you need to cool off.