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The Naperville Park District has announced the winners and finalists of the Summer Slam All-City Tennis Tournament held July 21 at various locations.

Youth matches were played in a round robin format.

The champion of the 10 and under category was Anay Bhatia and Paul Hogan was the finalist.

Kevin Luo was champion and Ellie Pomykala the finalist in the 12 and under category.

Aarav Soni was champion and Kiran Urzula the finalist in the 14 and under category.

In the 16 and under category, Christian Coleman was the champion and Lauren Varak was the finalist.

The tournament also gave 32 adult players an opportunity to compete.

In the doubles adult competition, Sheel Parikh and Akshay Baid were champions and RD Nigam and Narayanan Venkatramen were finalists.

The FBI released this photo of two men armed with guns as they entered the BMO Harris Bank on Diehl Road in Naperville on July 19. (FBI/HANDOUT)

Up to $20,000 in reward money is being offered by the FBI for the arrest and conviction of the so-called “Bundled Bandits,” who have robbed five BMO Harris banks in the south western suburbs, including one at 320 W. Diehl Road in Naperville.

The incidents occurred at the bank branches in Matteson, Frankfort, Bolingbrook, Naperville and Addison between June 10 and July 21. An attempted robbery of the BMO Harris branch July 28 in Woodridge failed because the doors were locked, prompting the suspects to break the glass and then flee, an FBI news release said.

One suspect, armed with a semi-automatic handgun, is described as 6 feet tall or taller, slim build, about 160 pounds, and wears a black hoodie with hood over head, black mask and dark pants, the release said. The other is described as wearing a black/dark hoodie, green reflective construction vest and a mask.

“The FBI is offering up to $20,000 in reward money as the violence in these incidents due to incident frequency and concerns about escalating violence.” the release said.

Tips can be made online at tips.fbi.gov or by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI. Anonymous tips will be accepted.

This year's Witches Night Out fundraiser, being held by the Naperville Woman’s Club Oct. 19 at the Matrix, will have an all-out glam theme, organizers said. (Naperville Woman’s Club/HANDOUT)

The Naperville Woman’s Club will host its annual Witches Night Out fundraiser for women 21 and older from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Matrix Club, 808 Route 59.

This year’s theme is all-out glam, organizers said in a news release. Women can choose to dress as a traditional witch or glam it up with jewels, pearls and crowns.

The event includes a costume contest, a scavenger hunt, dance instruction, food, adult drinks and a commemorative glass, organizers said. Vendors will be selling goods, and participants can take part in a wine pull, raffles, tarot card readings and other activities.

New this year will be trivia and party games.

The event will be supporting the Families Helping Families charity, which helps guide families in DuPage County who are experiencing homelessness. The club also will be collecting canned goods to donate to Loaves and Fishes pantry in Naperville.

Tickets are $75 and must be purchased in advance of the event. For more information, go to www.witchesnightoutnaperville.org.

Naperville resident Suyash Nagumalli, a student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was recently recognized with the Best Business Innovation Award at the university’s Research Park intern awards.

Nagumalli is studying computer science and had a summer internship as a virtual reality developer with AbbVie Innovation Center. AbbVie is a research-based biopharmaceutical company.

His project focused on creating a virtual environment to simulate the patient screening process.

“To build out this project, Suyash illustrated initiative, leadership and innovative thinking,” his supervisor Kirstin Phelps said in a statement.

“Suyash had never used (artificial intelligence) within VR technology before, nor had he extensively written Python code. However, he worked tirelessly to build out the VR environment by learning on his own, leveraging others’ expertise and through countless hours of trial and error.”