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It is especially important to protect children from sun damage because they have many years of sun exposure ahead of them.

Children’s health: How to protect children’s skin from the sun

Whether children are headed to the beach, the playground or summer camp, protecting their skin from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays can help prevent both short-term injuries and long-term health problems.

This undated image provided by Hudson Valley Seed Co. shows a container of candy-sweet Sungold cherry tomatoes.

5 tomato superstars for a mouthwatering summer harvest

Every year, I grow at least one new-to-me tomato variety in hopes of discovering the next best thing, but in the end, I keep returning to the same five superstars.

A tornado passed through Bartlett on June 11, leaving behind damage at the Bartlett Commons Shopping Mall and elsewhere in town. It was one of 140 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois this year, two shy of the state record.

‘Not a record we want to break’: Illinois on track for most twisters ever in 2026

Feel like you’ve spent more time this year worrying about tornadoes than ever before? It’s not your imagination, meteorologists say, as Illinois heads into a record year.

From left, Rick Brunson, New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson and wife Ali Brunson during the NBA champions’ ticker-tape parade Thursday. Jalen Brunson starred at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire after the family moved to the suburbs when his dad, Rick, was hire as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls.

Like father, like son (and daughter): Suburban kids who’ve sought to follow their dads’ legacies

With Father’s Day upon us, we reflect on 10 father-son and father-daughter duos who made an impact on their suburban communities.

Alex Boyd of Schaumburg, from left, Juneteenth in the Burbs Chairwoman Deborah Harris, and Audrey Boyd of Schaumburg take a quick selfie during the sixth annual Juneteenth in the Burbs celebration Saturday at Harper College in Palatine.

Community partners unite for 6th annual Juneteenth at Harper

The sounds of the Harper College’s Jazz Ensemble permeated the afternoon air Saturday like the billowing clouds above the sixth annual Juneteenth in the Burbs celebration.

Sharon House is not being allowed to move into the Mount Prospect condominium she bought in August because her service dog, Biscuit, would violate the complex’s rules.

‘I can’t survive without him’: Mount Prospect woman sues after condo association bans service dog

Sharon House hopes to move into the condo she bought nearly a year ago. Instead, the 66-year-old Mount Prospect woman is suing her condominium association in federal court.

Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them

The Trump administration eliminated food assistance for an estimated 360,000 Illinoisans this year by expanding work requirements and cutting benefits for lawfully present immigrants, including refugees and asylum seekers. Link Match doubles SNAP users’ purchasing power at farmers’ markets, food co-ops and local grocers and has grown from $469,000 in spending in 2021 to $2.26 million in 2025. With fewer Illinoisans eligible for SNAP benefits, local farmers who already operate on slim profit margins could lose income.