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A major festival like Naperville's Ribfest calls for a plan for parking, entrance and accommodations, plus fireworks and fun.

The Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda has transformed to a 19th century battlefield this weekend for the annual Civil War Days.

The theme of Saturday's farmers market in Huntley was Family Fun Day at the Market.

Judson University's program for students with intellectual disabilities recently was awarded donations for student scholarships from two Barrington-area foundations.

In a wheelchair now, 88-year-old Roy Dahl gets the chance to relive the fishing joys of his youth when he attends Camp VIVA!

Community members are rallying around Carpentersville resident Henry Owens, a dedicated volunteer with local youth sports groups, who recently lost both his legs in a parasailing accident.

The captains and crews aboard a variety of crafts in the 25th annual Cardboard Regatta in Glen Ellyn didn't seem overly concerned Saturday if their boats went glub, glub, glub.

Despite the heat, enthusiastic crowds of people lined the streets at the Palatine Hometown Fest parade.

Though Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 teachers' current four-year contract expires Saturday without a new one being approved, both union and district officials say there's nothing unusual or worrisome about the current state of negotiations.

The lead teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church apologized Friday on his blog for his response to, as well as the church's handling of, allegations against former Pastor Bill Hybels.