Arlene Hawks, executive director of SciTech Hands On Museum in Aurora, shares plans with members of the Kiwanis Club of Aurora, Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. The museum in downtown Aurora with approximately 200 hands-on exhibits, recently celebrated 30 years of educating students of all ages. Founding director
The city government of Aurora was honored recently with a Governor’s Hometown Award for its work to brighten up neighborhoods on the Near East and Near West Sides. Aurora is one of 23 communities statewide to receive the honor from the Serve Illinois Commission during a special reception at the
By Jason Crane – Covenant Christian School in Aurora was honored at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, for 40 years of service. The city of Aurora government was honored as one of 23 communities statewide to receive the Governor’s Hometown Award for it’s work to brighten up neighborhoods on
Julie Morrison, Montgomery Village engineer from Engineering Enterprises, Inc. shares information before a public hearing on a low-interest loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow the public to comment on the Village’s plan to
Third shift Aurora firefighter Shane Cummins, 34, carries the ball Thanksgiving morning at the Aurora Fire Department’s 10th annual Turkey Bowl football game at Hupp Park in Aurora. Third-shift athletes beat the first-shift team, 27-19. Al Benson/The Voice
By Miriam Meza – Follow the yellow brick road to downtown Aurora where you will find the Wizard of Oz, not only at the Paramount Theatre, but through programs and scavenger hunts. We have seen this Wizard of Oz theme play out throughout the Aurora downtown area and we can’t
Tickets for the Friends of the Yorkville Public Library’s sixth annual Mini Golf FUN Raiser will be on sale at the library beginning Monday, December 3. Tickets would make a unique stocking-stuffer. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, and admission is $5
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events in December. For more information and to register, visit planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • Knit and Crochet Group, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon. This informal group works on its own project, discusses types and colors of
Well-Strung puts on an amazing musical performance with a cool spin to it, when its takes classical music, such as works from Mozart, and fuses it with the pop music of today, such as Rihanna and Adele! Well-Strung will bring its new album on tour, “Popssicle,” another play on the
Class 8A Loyola Academy 13, Brother Rice 3 Class 7A Nazareth Academy 31, St. Charles North 10 Class 6A Cary-Grove 35, Crete-Monee 13 Class 5A Joliet Catholic Academy 35, Montini 27 Class 4A IC Catholic 31, McNamara 21 Class 3A Monticello 24, Byron 20 Class 2A Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 35, Maroa-Forsyth
Oswego High School’s Connor McCance, left, and West Aurora’s Hezekiah Salter compete for a rebound at Oswego’s Hoops for Healing Tournament. West Aurora won, 69-66, Wednesday, Nov. 21. Oswego East defeated West Aurora in the championship game Friday. Al Benson/The Voice
West Aurora High School guard Dajour Miles drives to the basket and is defended by Oswego’s Danielle Dorilio Friday at the Lady Warhawk Thanksgiving tournament at West Aurora. Oswego won, 66-56. Al Benson/The Voice
Aurora University forward Ty Carlson, formerly Kaneland High School, lays up a shot against a visiting Millikin University defender November 21. Aurora University won its season-opener, 90-65. Al Benson/The Voice
The Northwestern University football team will play the East Division champion Ohio State for the Big Ten championship at 7 p.m. Saturday in Indianapolis, Ind.. Northwestern was only 8-4 overall, yet, the Wildcats were 8-1 in the Big 10 West and finished three games in front in the Big Ten
Quarterback Broc Rutter of North Central College looks down the field for a receiver Saturday against visiting Bethel (Minn.) University in a second round Division III playoff game in Naperville. Bethel won, 27-24, to end North Central’s season. North Central College photo
By Bobby Narang – In his sixth year at the helm, St. Charles North High School head football coach Rob Pomazak almost brought home a State championship this season. After leaving an assistant coaching job at Elk Grove, Pomazak slowly started improving the culture at St. Charles North. Before his
The Hilltoppers celebrate a State championship in Class 5A football Saturday following a 35-27 victory over Montini at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. JCA won its 14th football State championship. Joliet Catholic Academy photo
The Knights celebrate a State championship in Class 4A football Friday following a 31-21 victory over McNamara at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. IC Prep in Elmhurst won a third successive championship and fifth overall. IC Catholic Prep photo
Transition! • With the high school football eight-class State championship games last weekend at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, the transition is to Winter sports. Basketball, wrestling and swimming tournaments fill the schedule. • IC Catholic Prep High School, which captured its third successive State football championship (see page
