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GLEN ELLYN – Gov. Pat Quinn has declared the Glen Ellyn Backyard BBQ Cook-Off an official Illinois State Competition, allowing winners the opportunity to qualify for national barbecue contests.

Students gather at Downers Grove North High School to take 11 buses downtown to Navy Pier for their prom on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

WEST CHICAGO – Now that DuPage County has been declared a disaster area due to flood damage from the storms on April 17 and 18, West Chicago residents may apply for assistance by visiting www.disasterassistance.gov or calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362), according to a city news release.

GLEN ELLYN – A car that was reported stolen in Glen Ellyn in early May was later recovered in Chicago and returned to its owner, Glen Ellyn Deputy Police Chief Bill Holmer said.

WHEATON – At the end of the school year, many students (and teachers) want to jump for joy. At Wheaton North High School, they decided to dance.

BROOKFIELD – They may have been edged out of first place last year, but Joe Lendabarker of Brookfield believes that members of the band he’s in have what it takes to win it all this weekend.

Riverside Arts Weekend returns to Guthrie Park on Saturday, May 18, 2013, and continues Sunday.

GLEN ELLYN – Now that DuPage County has been declared a disaster area due to flood damage from the storms on April 17 and 18, Glen Ellyn residents may apply for assistance by visiting www.disasterassistance.gov or calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362).

WHEATON – Girl Scout Troop 368 at St. Michael Parish School in Wheaton spent this school year hard at work.

ELMHURST – A Franklin Park man has been charged with unlawful videotaping after he allegedly used his cellphone video camera to record women in a bathroom at Elmhurst Hospital.

GLEN ELLYN – When Morgan Riley was in third grade, she learned about Canine Companions for Independence.

GLEN ELLYN – Following a strong response from community members to District 41's banning of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" from Hadley Junior High classrooms, district administrators are preparing a revised proposal to bring to the Board of Education regarding the issue.

WHEATON – Two separate races will close down roads around Wheaton this weekend, according to City Hall.

Members of the Valley View School District teachers union voted and approved a new contract Thursday, according to teachers union president Vickie Sutterlin.

ROMEOVILLE – A 17-year-old Joliet male died after he was stabbed in a fight outside a Romeoville Jewel-Osco at about 8:43 p.m. Thursday, according to the Romeoville Police Department.