The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Lincolnshire’s Adlai E. Stevenson High School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville are among Illinois’ top-performing secondary schools, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Mark your calendar for Buffalo Grove Days, Anime Magic! 2025, Chicago International Boat Show, Palatine Street Fest, Port Clinton Art Festival, Geneva Concours d’Elegance, Wayback Wheels Car Show and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Little Bear Ribfest, Naper Nights, Moose Cruise Nights, Grayslake SummerFest, Elburn Days, Bloody Mary Fest and more happening this week.

District 214 Community Education’s The Theater Lab has announced the cast of the closing production of its 2024-25 season, “Leaving Iowa” by Tim Clue and Spike Manton. The production will be a limited four-performance run, Aug. 15-17, at the Forest View Educational Center Theater in Arlington Heights.

Some suburban students will be asked to power down as schools enact new procedures this year to quiet cellphone distractions in the classroom.

Arlington Heights residents brought their memories along with their swim trunks for closing day at Recreation Pool Sunday.

Mark your calendar for Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, Smoke and Irons Music Fest, Burr Ridge Art Fair, Gurnee Days, Taste of Glen Ellyn, Midwest Classic Supershow and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Lollapalooza, National Night Out events, North Aurora Days, Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, Warrenville Summer Daze, Festival of the Arts in Libertyville and more happening this week.

Rolling Meadows officials may establish a tax increment financing district to help revive an area of office buildings plagued by vacancies and a blighted, shuttered Holidome motel.

A giant Adirondack chair is traveling across Arlington Heights as part of the Arlington Heights Park District’s centennial celebration. The giant blue chair — marked with the park district’s 100th anniversary logo — has appeared at a different location every week since April.