Last season it was Northwestern University. This season it’s Loyola with a berth in the men’s basketball 68-team National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament. Last year Northwestern qualified for the first time in the tournament. Thanks to a 64-49 victory over Illinois State in the championship game of the
By John Schutt – Monster Energy Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Nev., Sunday, March 4. Ryan Blaney had the fastest car and won the pole position in his Penske Ford. The dominating car, and winner, of all three stages of the race was Kevin Harvick in his
First-year Oswego East High School head basketball coach Ryan Velasquez gives instructions to his team during the Class 4A Oswego East Regional championship game Friday. Joliet Central won, 49-38. Al Benson/The Voice
One and done. That’s the proven excitement of high school and college basketball postseason March Madness tournaments. Aurora University advanced last weekend to the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division III 64-team tournament, won an exciting game at the buzzer, and ended the season in the round of 32 to
Aurora University men’s basketball players celebrate Saturday, Feb. 24 with a trophy as Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference champion. The Spartans defeated Benedictine University, 76-71, in Aurora to qualify for the NCAA Division III 64-team tournament. Aurora won the first game Friday at Washington University in St. Louis with a last-second
The Geneva High School girls basketball team members flash a No. 1 sign Sunday in front of Graham’s Chocolates on Third Street in Geneva after capturing the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 4A State basketball championship Saturday at Redbird Arena in Normal. The championship was the second year in
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner recently tapped a key administration executive to lead the next phase of the State’s response to the health crisis of Legionnaires disease outbreak at the Quincy Veterans Home. Michael Hoffman, a retired Marine officer and current head of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS), becomes senior advisor
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, March 20. The meeting will be held at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery. The after dinner speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel Vincent K. Catich, USAF(Ret.) who will speak on “My 15 Years Flying the U-2
By John Montesano – The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named Bob LeClercq the Veteran of the Month for March. Born in Manhattan, N.Y. February 20, 1938, Bob lived in Merrick, N.Y.. Bob’s father worked for the government. The family moved quite often. When Bob began first grade, they were
Polar Plunge celebrations in cold waters include, left, at Silver Spring State Park in Yorkville, and Metea Valley High School representatives in Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club. See videos at facebook.com/thevoice.us.
DuPage County and SCARCE (School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education) are accepting project proposals from local high school students for the 12th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. Scheduled for April 17, the Sustainable Design Challenge encourages students to construct building and landscape models by using environmental and water-friendly
Student potters demonstrate in the Artists at Work area during West Aurora School District 129’s 10th annual Fine Arts Festival at West Aurora High School Saturday. K-12 artists were showcased. Fearn Elementary School second graders performed dances in the West High cafeteria. Still Life Painting” by seventh grader Ashley Montalvo
Here is a list of unclaimed badges of Aurora firefighters, including badge numbers and the year start of service: 11, Phillip Ready, 1893, 13, Asst. Chief Thomas Lamb, 1894, 14, Asst. Chief Henry Hamsmith, 1894, 16, M. B. Olinger, 1895, 17, Mike O’Neil, 1895, 18, J. S. Schmidt, 1895, 20,
In the American police state, police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. In fact, police don’t usually need much incentive to shoot and kill members of the public. Police have shot and killed Americans of all ages, many of them unarmed, for standing a certain way,
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County sponsors a candidates’ forum Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Batavia City Council chambers. Top photo, 14th District congressional Democratic Party candidates, from left, Matt Brolley, John Hosta, Daniel Roldán-Johnson, Victor Swanson, Lauren Underwood, and George Weber. Right, candidates for 49th and
Gail Johnson, president of the Oswego Village Board, with the assistance of a slide show, provides commentary Tuesday afternoon at the Goodrich Kendall 11 Theatre in Oswego the State of the Village presentation. She repeated the theme of Better Together. She said in Oswego 2018 it is the year of
Passion Survivor: Niki Glass, second from right, shows her mayoral commendation as a Passion Survivor recipient of the Year from the American Heart Association. Mayor Richard Irvin of Aurora, right, made the presentation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. From left, are her children, Tyrese Williams, and Nakia Williams, and her
The capacity crowd of approximately 250 was involved, interested, and informed, at the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County’s forum Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Batavia Government Center’s City Council Chambers. Many in the crowd roared approval at an answer about the hot topic of guns early in
Aurora resident and American Heart Association Passion Survivor, Niki Glass was recognized at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday after surviving a heart transplant three years prior. American Ninja Warrior, Aurora Firefighter Dan Polizzi was recognized for competing on American Ninja Warrior, a televised sports entertainment competition. Aurora mayor Richard
February 16, 2018 Dear editor; Carol: “Be kind” is not a fact, maybe a hopeful compassion is not facts, Reader’s Voice February 15. Carol: “Be kind” is not a fact, maybe a hopeful dream. The Voice Question of the Week produced five opinions, no facts. Dr. Paul Cameron has spent
