By Bobby Narang – The West Aurora High School football program took two more big steps in the last week. After a 7-3 record last season and losing to Naperville Central in a Class 8A first-round playoff game, the Blackhawks are poised for another solid season. The Blackhawks will play...
Kane County Cougars center fielder Gabriel Maciel, 5, connects in Sunday’s game against Quad Cities at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva. Quad Cities won the Class A minor league Midwest Baseball League game, 3-2. Al Benson/The Voice...
By Craig Lynch – Joe Benson plays third base for the Chicago Dogs who are playing their first season in the revived American Association unaffiliated minor league baseball league. Benson has known the highs and lows of athletics. “I have had my accolades,” he said. Benson was born in Hinsdale....
EJ Tackett shows a big, ceremonial, check Monday after he captured the championship of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Xtra Frame Parkside Lanes Open in Montgomery. The Huntington, Ind. resident won $10,000 for the championship after he defeated Bill O’Neill, 210-171, in the championship match. AJ Johnson of Oswego took...
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Six members of the Boys Baseball of Aurora (BBA) were inducted into the 10th Hall of Fame Saturday at Turner’s Field in Aurora. That brought the total to 89 inductees. The first year for the HOF was in 2009. The six inductees: Andy Weis, as a player in Minors, Majors,...
Marquis Walker, 10, of the West Aurora High School Summer basketball team, drives against Morgan Park defenders at the West Aurora Shootout Friday. Walker, a six-foot senior guard, is a transfer from Chicago Curie after two years at St. Joseph in Westchester where he played on the varsity as a...
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With an 11-3 loss at Texas Friday night, the Chicago White Sox reached the halfway point this season. The defeat suffered by the Sox left them with a 28-53 won-loss record. Every team should set realistic aims prior to the start of each season. For the White Sox and many...
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World War II veterans pose for photos. The Kendall County Salute to Veterans steak fry June 22 at the Kendall County Fair Grounds featured veterans of all ages, including World War II veterans. From left, first row, Ray Moore, Don Schindlbeck, Clarence Roth, Wayne Borneman; second row, Bob Johnson, Dick...
Have you heard about CBD? Is it legal? Does it really work? Will it make me high? The major active components of cannabis/hemp are a family of compounds known as cannabinoids. There are more than 60 cannabinoids, though only a handful have been studied. As a family they appear to...
The release of a butterfly that had just emerged from its cocoon is an appropriate way to honor the life of the late Fran Caffee at Fox Valley Park District’s Blackberry Farm Sunday. A Burr Oak tree was planted on Caffee’s memory and it should live for 300 years. Its...
Renowned artist and illustrator Wendell Minor born in Aurora has been named Artist Laureate for 2018/2019 by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass.. Established in 2008, the Museum’s Artist Laureate Award honors the contributions of outstanding visual artists whose exceptional dedication to the Museum and its mission have guided...
The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile makes an appearance at the Mariano’s grocery store Sunday near 75th Street and Naper Boulevard in Naperville. There are six similar vehicles traveling throughout the country handing out a limited number of hot dogs and wiener whistles. Jason Crane/The Voice...
• Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The Kane County Electronics Recycling Program one-day event will be Saturday, July 14 from 8 a.m. to noon at 540 S. Randall Road. There will be document shredding available with a limit of four boxes. Electronics, books, and latex paint will be accepted at...
Gabby is female Calico who was born in August 2010. She gets along with cats and dogs and has been never aggressive. If someone talks to her she will answer back with a meow. She enjoys watching butterflies out of the window and curling for a nap in the sun....
Batavia Basketball Golf Outing July 13 The 18th annual Batavia High School basketball alumni golf outing will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, July 13 with a shotgun start at Bliss Creek Golf Course, formerly Prestbury Golf Course. The course is just off Bliss Road in Sugar Grove. The cost...
July 5 In the East End of London, revivalist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine, establish the Christian Mission, later known as the Salvation Army. Determined to wage war against the evils of poverty and religious indifference with military efficiency, Booth modeled his Methodist sect after the British army,...
