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Meet your local first responders at National Night Out events

Towns across the suburbs are hosting National Night Out celebrations in early August with family activities, food, and emergency vehicle displays.

Joe Loser from the Lake County Farm Heritage area helps Kellen Ott, 8, of Hawthorn Woods, drive a tractor at the Lake County Fair on Saturday in Grayslake. The fair continues through Sunday.

Tractor rides, petting zoo, lumberjack show entertain visitors Saturday at the Lake County Fair

On an overcast Saturday with light rain, the Lake County Fairgrounds and Event Center was filled with families that still came out to the Lake County Fair to enjoy activities, vendors and performances.

Actor/writer Kelvin Roston Jr. stars as R&B legend Donny Hathaway in Northlight Theatre's revival of “Twisted Melodies,” a solo bio-tuner about the late singer/composer that Roston describes in his program note as a labor of love.

Celebration of a life: Northlight’s emotional ‘Twisted Melodies’ salutes soul legend Donny Hathaway

Northlight Theatre presents “Twisted Melodies,” a solo show by actor/writer Kelvin Roston Jr. that celebrates the life of seminal soul singer/composer/arranger Donny Hathaway.

Elgin cold case detectives launch season 2 of hit podcast, seeking to solve 1970s murders and disappearance of Barbara Glueckert

How do you top solving a 42-year mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young woman? Perhaps by identifying the killer responsible for an unsolved murder dating back to the 1970s.

Chase Hedblom, of Naperville, attacks a piece of blueberry pie in a contest at the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton on Friday. He placed third in the 12-14 group. A watermelon eating contest is scheduled for Saturday.

DuPage County Fair continues with Axe Women Loggers, farm animals and competitive eating

The DuPage County Fair is back in action and transporting suburbanites to summertime in farm country.

It just works: Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza collab from Portillo’s, Lou Malnati’s surprisingly delicious

We tried the new Chicago Dog Deep Dish pizza from Lou Malnati’s and Portillo’s. Yep, that’s mustard on a pizza.

The Italian restaurant Cucina Bella is celebrating 20 years in downtown Algonquin.

Algonquin’s Cucina Bella celebrates 20 years of serving up Italian family recipes

For the past two decades, Cucina Bella has been bringing a piece of Italy to downtown Algonquin. On Thursday, the restaurant celebrated its 20th birthday.