The 2025 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

With the kickoff of the high school football season days away, here is the Friday Night Drive preseason Top 25. Who is No. 1?

Plano volleyball rallied past Sandwich in three sets in the season-opening match for both teams and Newark volleyball also won its season opener on Monday while Yorkville came up short.

It took the fourth game of the season for St. Charles East to score a goal last year. It didn’t take them nearly as long when the Saints opened their season on Monday at Oswego in a 3-2 win.

"Your remarks about this effort over the last several weeks have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties and are not fit for the auspicious office that you occupy," Gov. JB Pritzker said of President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the military into Chicago’s streets

Two years after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail, the Trump administration is threatening to revoke federal funding from local and state governments that allow cashless bail.The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice condemned the action.

The list includes voters’ names, addresses, voting history and the date when they registered to vote

The free event will be held at the Urban Kitchen in Crest Hill. Coffee will be provided.

A variety of adult and children’s books—both hardcover and paperback—as well DVDs, Blu-rays, puzzles, and audiobooks will be available at the Friends of the Yorkville Library's annual sale.

The 2025 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The Chicago Bears will need to cut their roster down to 53 players ahead of Tuesday's deadline. Here are the latest moves the Bears have made so far.

Make the end of summer more memorable by planning a getaway at a unique resort or bed & breakfast in northern Illinois

The “memorandum of understanding” creates access and opportunity for high school students across the Diocese of Joliet to enroll at USF in Joliet, according to a release announcing the agreement.

A new Illinois law will allow victims of trafficking or exploitation as minors more time to bring forth charges.

Chicago Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright wanted to prove that he can still play in the NFL when the team signed him in April. Here's how a group chat with his brother and cousin, who both play in the league, helped him do that this training camp.

Can Oswego keep it rolling while basically starting from scratch? Can Newark keep two long streaks going? Can ex-Newark coach Tonya Grayson bring her track record of success to Parkview Christian? Here are five storylines to watch in Kendall County volleyball for 2025.

Here is a look at the Southwest Prairie Conference

Showing will mark 45th year since release of movie that featured the former Joliet Correctional Center in the opening scene.

New teachers had the chance to socialize and win a few prizes at the sixteenth annual “New Teacher Welcome Breakfast” on Aug. 6 at the Whitetail Ridge Golf Club. The event is hosted each year by the Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce.

U.S. Rep. Underwood discusses redistricting and Israel-Hamas conflict at DeKalb town hall.

Illinois will allow health care professionals to prescribe certain medications over the next decade even if the federal government revokes approval for a drug under House Bill 3637

The Village of Montgomery has been awarded for their fiscal year 2026 budget, recognizing the village’s commitment to transparency, communication with its residents and financial planning.

The Chicago Bears' starters came out slow Friday night at the Kansas City Chiefs, but the backups came back in the final seconds to win 29-27. Here are five of the biggest takeaways from Friday night’s game.

Dekker Zelensek was a late starter to football, with good reason – his mom didn't allow him to play at a young age. He played soccer growing up, and didn't start football until the eighth grade. Now he is expected to be Oswego's lead running back this season.

Households must be at or below 60% of the state median income to receive a benefit from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. LIHEAP provides one-time benefits to help with energy bills and for reconnection of energy service.

The 2025 Plainfield Commercial Street Criterium Cycling Race runs from 9 a.m. to about 7 p.m., with most road closures beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The trivia night event will take place Saturday, Aug. 23, at Fox Valley Winery, 59 Main St. in downtown Oswego.

Families can enjoy their favorite fall traditions of apple and pumpkin picking in Maple Park. The apple orchard opens Aug. 23, while the Pumpkin FunFarm opens Sept. 19.

Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears will wrap up the preseason Friday night when they travel to play the Kansas City Chiefs. Here are four of the storylines to watch Friday night.

Yorkville tennis breezed to a 7-0 win over Kaneland on Thursday.

The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held at the Plano Library during regular library hours from Saturday, Aug. 23 through Saturday, Sept. 6

Shaw Media is set to buy four northern Illinois newspapers after their publisher abruptly shut down operations earlier this month, including The Rochelle News-Leader, Ogle County Life, The Mendota Reporter, and The Amboy News

As a junior Dylan Saunders found himself on the field at Plano as a tight end, athletic enough to play the position and get in the mud. “Get dirty. That was my job.” Make no mistake, though. Saunders considers himself a quarterback first, where he'll play this fall.

Check out live music at The Law Office & Pub in Yorkville, see a tribute concert at Venue 1012 in Oswego and more this weekend in Kendall County.

The fall months bring several craft beer festivals throughout northern Illinois.

The Midwest Hops and Hot Sauce Festival is a celebration of bold flavors and local craft culture, bringing together beer lovers, spice enthusiasts and foodies.

The Bears gave their fans exactly what they were craving in their preseason game against the Buffalo Bills, the first taste of the Ben Johnson era, Marc Silverman writes.

Oswego East’s Zach Johnson and Jack Malm each shot a 2-under par 34 to share medalist honors and the Wolves broke a program record with a round of 140.

Bond with your little one while exploring yoga, based on your favorite children’s books at the Yorkville Library.

Chicago Bears backup quarterback Tyson Bagent couldn't hold back tears when thinking about where he came from to where he was on Wednesday. He went from being an undrafted free agent to earning a two-year, $10 million extension.

The Chicago Bears have secured their quarterback room for their next few seasons when they reportedly signed backup quarterback Tyson Bagent to a two-year, $10 million extension Wednesday.

Braden Behringer will never put up the gaudy passing stats of a quarterback running a different offense, but do not be fooled. He can sling it. Behringer, though, does so much more as Sandwich quarterback in the wing-T offense that will not show up on his personal stat line.

Both full-time temporary and hourly on-call positions are available to help maintain more than 45,000 lane miles statewide during the winter months, according to IDOT.

Overnight lane closures will begin at 9 p.m. on Thursday and will end by 6 a.m. Friday with new traffic patterns in place along Interstate 80 in Will County.

Chicago Bears offensive lineman Theo Benedet might've been overlooked for the starting left tackle job at the start of training camp. But a month after camp started, Benedet believes he's put himself in contention for the job.

The The First Lutheran Church of Plano event is open to the public and will allow residents to safely destroy sensitive documents to help prevent identity theft and fraud.

The traffic enforcement campaign of the Kendall County Sheriff's Office began Aug. 15 and will run through the early morning hours of Sept. 2. Deputies are focused on stopping impaired driving and enforcing seat belt laws.

Oswego East's Jasiah Watson was limited to five games last season because of mononucleosis and an injury. But the senior running back and third-year varsity player has the juice back for a big finale. 'I know what I'm capable of, and I want to prove what I'm capable of.'

While pickleball remains the fastest growing sport, municipalities across northern Illinois are looking to the latest fads of pump tracks, futsal courts and inclusive playgrounds to add in public park renovations