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Sip 'n' Savor in Sycamore, Annie Glidden's 160th Birthday Party and more this weekend in DeKalb County.
The city of Wheaton has commissioned a traffic calming study at Harrison Avenue and Washington Street.
The DeKalb County Community Foundation is accepting applications for fall 2025 Community Needs and Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund grants. Nonprofit and public sector organizations are encouraged to apply.
DeKalb High School graduate Ian Wickens-Walther recently was named the 2025 winner of the Christopher Anderson Memorial Scholarship.
The DeKalb community is getting ready to celebrate the birthday of a woman who could be considered the matriarch of the city’s agricultural history. Saturday will mark what would be her 160th birthday, and the Glidden Homestead is hosting a free event for the occasion.
The public’s perception of police and policing has changed since the George Floyd murder in Minneapolis.
The Joliet Slammers and Pabst Light put on a show by dropping 2,600 packaged hot dogs in one hour from a helicopter during a Slammers home game on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. The hot dogs were dropped for the fans to enjoy. Actor Bill Murray, who has part ownership of the team, was there for the game.
The city of Sycamore has joined DeKalb, Genoa and Sandwich by also enacting a 1% grocery tax, which will replace the sunsetting 1% state tax on most grocery items.
The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra recently awarded summer lesson scholarships to eight DeKalb and Sycamore students to provide private music instruction financial aid.
The Sycamore Veterans Club’s Sons of the American Legion Squadron 99 is holding a fundraiser to support veterans and their families who lost homes in the Texas flooding.
The Villa Park Public Library has announced the return of its Movies in the Park event with a free showing of “Lilo & Stitch at 8 p.m. Aug. 8 at Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park, 318 E. Kenilworth Ave.
Some neighbors of Benet Academy in Lisle are raising concerns about a proposal to renovate and modernize the school’s Baumgartner-Gilbert Stadium.
The excavation of the new Hopkins Pool support building in DeKalb has been delayed, but officials said that won’t deter plans for reopening in time for summer 2026.
No one was injured in a Saturday morning fire that left a house uninhabitable in Lombard, authorities said Monday.
The DeKalb Public Library will hold three performances of Robin’s Dog Stars for families with children featuring border collie Aria and black labrador Gracie.
Teens ages 12 to 18 are invited to put their heads together to solve an Escape Room at the DeKalb Public Library.
Vocalist Daerielle Balika will join the DeKalb Municipal Band, conducted by Kirk Lundbeck, for a special themed concert, “Broadway and the Silver Screen,” on Tuesday.
A Mexican immigrant from Bolingbrook, who had just appeared in Kane County court, was taken into custody by U.S. Homeland Security Thursday and is now being held in ICE custody at a Broadview detention facility, according to Kane County officials and public records.
The Lombard Historical Society invites the public to a Victorian Garden Tea Party from 2:30 to 4 p.m. July 26, at the William J. Mueller Gazebo, 23 W. Maple St. in Lombard.
The fun and colorful 2K Kids Color Bash Run returns to Ackerman Park from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 9 in Glen Ellyn.
Join the Glen Ellyn Parks Foundation for the return of the Gator Race at 4:30 p.m. July 24, at Sunset Pool, 483 Fairview Ave. in Glen Ellyn.
Joliet OKs beer sales at new Fry the Coop restaurant in Joliet.
The Sterling Police Department invites residents to join officers from 5-7 p.m, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Central Memorial Park (Grandon Civic Center) for an evening of free food, entertainment, vendors, games, giveaways and raffles.
Open to all high school students in DeKalb County, YEP mentors students into lifelong philanthropy and aims to improve the quality of life for youth in the area. Membership applications are available through Sept. 1.
Check out some of the best pictures captured by Daily Chronicle photographers for Shaw Local News Network the week of July 12 through July 18, 2025.
The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce recently congratulated home construction company Lennar for the opening of its Reston Ponds community model home.
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated Future Fades Academy’s move to DeKalb.
Column: It might feel as though the fun of team sports is something only kids and teens can enjoy, but the St. Charles Park District has just the thing for the grown-ups: softball leagues for both co-ed and men-only play this fall.
The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Lil’ C’s Mini-Cheesecakes to its membership.
Column: Are you stuck in a reading rut? Find free options for digital reading, listening and viewing through your Batavia Public Library card, writes Kristen Zambo.
DeKalb City Council approved cannabis tasting rooms in a pair of unanimous decisions this week. “I think that this is so unique and just a brilliant business model," 1st Ward alderwoman Carolyn Zasada said.
A luxury home construction and remodeling company is celebrating 25 years in Geneva.
Heartland Bank soon will have a new location to call its own along Grove Street in DeKalb. The bank's Grove Street plans were greenlit this week.
St. Charles’ likely new top cop will come to the city with more than 30 years of industry experience, including high-level management roles with the Illinois State Police, officials announced Friday.
Genoa-Kingston high schooler Quincy James recently attended a national journalism conference in Washington, D.C., part of a program meant to inspire future media professionals and young leaders.
To better serve students and families in a space of their own, DeKalb School District 428 this week finalized the purchase of Mitchell Elementary School just in time for the start of classes this fall.
Ex-police officer James Corralejo, 26, of DeKalb, was sentenced by a judge Thursday to four years in prison for driving drunk and causing a 2023 crash that killed Graciela Reza Contreras. “I don't expect to be forgiven," Corralejo told Graciela's family in an emotional hearing.
The J.F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center, in partnership with the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, will celebrate the 160th birthday of local pioneer Annie Glidden with a free, family-friendly event.
Whether soaring through the air or trying to remain afloat in a cardboard boat, the key phrase for Yorkville’s River Fest 2025, is "defying gravity." Events range from live country music performances, “Wicked”-themed family activities and cardboard boat races.
At her first town hall in DeKalb this month, freshman lawmaker and state Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel, D-Ottawa, spoke about the effects that federal funding cuts could have on rural schools and food banks.
'Shakespeare in Hollywood' at Stage Coach Players, Waterman Lions Summerfest and Antique Tractor & Truck Show and more this weekend in DeKalb County!
The DeKalb County History Center will host its fourth annual Cocktails at the Crib fundraiser this month to support the history center’s programming.
Sycamore Park District's free summer concert series continues this week and next at Good Tymes Shelter at the Citizens Memorial Sports Complex, 435 Airport Road.
Cantigny Park will celebrate its connection to French culture with two summer events on July 19 and 20.
The curtain will rise on a bit of Shakespearean mischief with a silver screen twist when Stage Coach Players opens their summer production of “Shakespeare in Hollywood” on July 17.
The White Oak Library will host its one-day comic convention, Comicopolis, in downtown Lockport on July 19.
Timothy M. Doll, who pleaded guilty in February to the 2023 murder of teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland, will be sentenced in August, a DeKalb County judge ruled Wednesday.
The Elmhurst Park District will hold a Wilder Park South Master Plan Open House on July 22
Organizers with the city of DeKalb, police agencies and an area church are organizing a public peace rally Friday to encourage the community to work together against gun violence.
Magician Tim Adamz is bringing his comedic magic to life with two upcoming family-friendly shows in DeKalb.