Kendra Van Kempen, children’s services associate at the La Grange Public Library, recently received the Illinois Library Association Youth Services Achievement Award.

The Third District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the 30-year sentence of Martavious Robinson for a 2019 aggravated vehicular hijacking in Downers Grove.

The Lombard Historical Society and Lombard Historic Preservation Commission invite the public to a Victorian afternoon from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 30 at Lombard Cemetery

The West End Arts Festival will be held Sept. 6-7 in La Grange.

The Education Foundation of Downers Grove District 58 will host its 12th annual Oktoberfest from 4:30 to 11 p.m. Sept. 12 and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 13.

Hosted by the Lemont High School Educational Foundation, the Taste of Lemont will be held from 5 to 11 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Metra Lot in downtown Lemont.

The city of Wheaton and the Wheaton Park District invite the community to attend Wheaton’s annual September 11 Remembrance Ceremony in the Memorial Park band shell, 225 Karlskoga Ave.

A man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing early Friday into the Uncle Jon’s Music store in downtown Westmont.

A federal indictment accused four business owners from Will, Cook and DuPage counties of fraudulently obtaining about $2.8 million from COVID-19 pandemic relief programs.