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Dog-friendly activities happening this summer at Lombard's Yorktown Center include pet expo, Bark Bingo and more.

The STC Six breweries will launch their 2025 collaborative beer, a West Coast Pilsner benefiting Support Over Stigma, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling in St. Charles.

This event assembles a large number of musicians who will perform on the same day. About 70 solo performers and groups will take to the streets to share their talents.

Take a trip back to the 1970s with Strung Out, a Chicago band that plays a variety of 1970s classic rock, soul, funk and one-hit wonders, while celebrating the Depot Museum's 50th anniversary.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office announced plans for July Fourth traffic enforcement with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers.

The Downers Grove Grade School District 58 Board of Education recently appointed three candidates to fill administrative positions.

Swedish Days is June 18-22 in downtown Geneva.

Here are special events planned in Will County to commemorate Juneteenth, the day commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.

Bourbonnais Police officers will be passed the Flame of Hope and begin their role as “Guardians of the Flame” on Wednesday at approximately 1 p.m. for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois. The run makes its way south on Route 45 from Manteno.

Percussionist Josh Graham will perform at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at the St. Charles Public Library at 1 S. Sixth Ave., concluding the library's 2024–25 Sunday Concert Series.

The DeKalb Park District will partner with the DeKalb Parks Foundation to hold its 19th annual Golf Fore the Kids Scholarship Golf Outing on June 20 to benefit the Scholarship Assistance Program.

Rock Falls, Sterling students graduate from Iowa State; Whiteside County students earn diplomas from Wisconsin Lutheran College.

This year’s event will feature over 170 diverse vehicles, two live shows and 11 hours of non-stop, free family entertainment.

The man who drowned in the Kankakee River last week remains unidentified, Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said Tuesday.

The safety campaign will run from June 20 through July 7 to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after Independence Day.