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Trump to headline Great American State Fair after music acts cancel

By Natalie Allison
May 30, 2026 3:53 pm - President Donald Trump will headline an opening ceremony for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall next month after many of the musical performers slated for the event canceled, citing the event’s associations with him.
Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refunds

By MAE ANDERSON
May 30, 2026 3:50 pm - Businesses big and small have started receiving tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the constitutional authority to impose higher import taxes on goods from nearly every other country.
Ex-Batavia alderman sentenced on drug charge

By Susan Sarkauskas
May 30, 2026 2:38 pm - A former Batavia alderman has been sentenced to probation for methamphetamine possession.
Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation and fumes over his legal setbacks

By COLLIN BINKLEY
May 30, 2026 2:37 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation's premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.”
As the United States turns 250, Americans still can't get enough of French luxury

By BEATRICE DUPUY
May 30, 2026 2:15 pm - At the pinnacle of the American cultural pyramid, one particular inspiration has echoed across the centuries through friendship and tension alike: France. The American love affair with French luxury goods and their cultural cachet and craftsmanship has spanned the younger country's history, and a new exhibit explores the story of how these treasures shaped a cultural exchange that marks 250 years of Franco-American relations.
Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show

By Dan Lamothe and Alex Horton
May 30, 2026 2:07 pm - The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators at President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event at the White House, and requiring those who attend to pay for their travel and meet height and weight requirements, according to people familiar with the matter and internal memos reviewed by The Washington Post.
Kids interact with reptiles and more at Des Plaines Family Day at Lake Park

By Brian Hill
May 30, 2026 1:57 pm - Des Plaines Park District’s Family Day lived up to its name Saturday as families gathered at Lake Park for live entertainment, inflatables, food trucks, paddle boats, kayaking, sailing on the lake and golfing.
The doctor dilemma: Patients face tough choice as more suburban physicians make the switch to concierge medicine

By Alicia Fabbre, Daily Herald correspondent
May 30, 2026 11:45 am - With a growing number of doctors looking to scale back so they can practice medicine the way they want, some patients are being left to find new physicians or make the switch to concierge medicine with their doctor.
He’s heating up: Elgin native’s garage-born hot sauce biz is on fire after big contest win

By Rick West
May 30, 2026 11:00 am - Elgin native David Heatley launched Chef Heatley’s Hot Pepper Farm hot sauces during the pandemic. He recently took top honors at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo, winning best in show from a field of about 5,000 sauces.
Road worker killed when hit by car on I-294

By Susan Sarkauskas
May 30, 2026 10:33 am - A tollway maintenance worker was killed Saturday morning, and two others were injured, when they were hit by a vehicle on the Tri-State Tollway.

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