The Naperville-based Phoenix Drone team took home three awards in a competition in Olympia Fields, qualifying them to move on to the regional competitions.
Former British Lord Mayor of Westminster Duncan Sandys, a great-grandson of Winston Churchill, was at Carl Sandburg High School to formally invite the Eagles marching band to perform.
The South Side Irish Parade kept tradition Sunday on Western Avenue in Beverly, but weather may have limited spectatoors as organizers estimated the crowd at 75,000, lower than in pre-pandemic times.
Erin Nelligan, of Chicago, won the 33rd running of the Irish Soda bread Contest on Saturday at Reilly’s Daughter in Oak Lawn, beating out 110 other contestants. It's one of the events leading up to the South Side Irish Parade scheduled for Sunday in Beverly.
Former Orland Park assistant village manager Karie Friling and the Vote Yes Orland Park group brought in Jason Grant, the director of advocacy for the International City/County Management Association in Washington.