By Joe Ruklick – First of two parts – This Summer’s football practice marks three months of fierce dedication by Northwestern University’s football Wildcats. Amid heat, annoying injuries, and ferocious rivalries, players are looking toward the this season’s schedule certain that last season’s success proved the Purple are capable of
By Carter Crane – High School practices in football and boys and girls golf started Monday with the rest of the sports’ practices to begin Wednesday. Golf meets will begin Thursday, Aug. 9. First football games will be no sooner than Friday, Aug. 24 and this season should be interesting
The Chicago White Sox want last weekend’s three-game sweep of the host Tampa Bay Rays to be a sign of better things to come and not a momentary aberration. There have been fleeting moments earlier this season when the Sox showed signs of life, only to revert to the team
By John Montesano – The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club has named Bob Mead the August Veteran of the Month. Charles Robert Mead was born April 30, 1940 and was raised in Oswego. At age eight, the family purchased a home in Oswego, the same house that Bob owns and
Members from American Legion Riders Post 181 in Sandwich and Open Roads ABATE Chapter planned a bike ride July 22 with The Crooked Roof in Lanark, Chesty P’s in Polo, Happy Joe’s Pizza in Galena, and Iron Horse Saloon in Savanna, Illinois. These businesses were stops in the 2018 Open
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its annual picnic Tuesday, Aug. 21. The meeting will be held at the home of Sharon and Kent Catich, 2900 Tanner Road, North Aurora, to start at 5 p.m. and will finish at around 8 p.m.. The public is invited and you
Dave Krahn, left, president of the Oswegoland Park District, and chairman of the Oswego Veterans Serenity Park, talks with Chad Lockman, superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Kendall County. They were together Wednesday, Aug. 1 at the unveiling of the grounds on Adams Street west of the Fox River.
Christopher Faber has been named as the executive director for the City of Batavia’s Downtown Partnership organization, Batavia MainStreet. Batavia MainStreet is a 501©3 not-for-profit organization working to enhance, promote, and revitalize Downtown Batavia as the heart of the community through dedicated volunteer efforts. MainStreet is host to community events
Mary Ochsenschlager, right, offers a few words at the recent Sugar Grove Corn Boil after the annual surprise Sugar Grove Citizen of the Year presentation. Sponsor Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce president Jackie Link holds the plaque in the presentation. Julie Walker photo
• Wheaton Electronic Recycling: The monthly electronic recycling event in Wheaton will take place from 9 a.m. to noon. Saturday, Aug. 11 at parking lot No. 9 at the corner of Liberty and Carlton next to the Public Works Storage Yard. The collection sponsored by eWorks ESI will be open
Barney is a male Yorkshire Terrier, Yorkie, and Chihuahua Mix who was born October 26, 2017. Barney is housebroken and loves dogs, kids, and cats. He enjoys cuddling and loves to be next to his humans. He doesn’t not enjoy walking, but loves to be pushed in a stroller, which
Fox Valley Habitat party Aug. 18 Fox Valley Habitat will have events Saturday, Aug. 18 and Sunday, Sept. 9. The first event will be Faith Build 2018 Community Block Party, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and radio station K-LOVE, fun, food, fellowship, music, raffle baskets and activities for the family.
August 9 Twenty individuals, including at least nine firefighters, are killed in Boston’s worst fire. It consumes 65 downtown acres and 776 buildings in more than 12 hours. – 1872. A second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
Illinois Bicentennial officials and Commissioners have released the preliminary details of Illinois’ 200th birthday celebration at the United Center in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 3. The event will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Illinois’ recognition as the 21st state of the Union. Illinois celebrities and contributors in all walks of life,
Seventy-three years ago (August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945) the United States unleashed atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and killed more than 200,000 individuals, many of whom were civilians. Fast forward to the present day, and the U.S. military, under president Donald Trump’s leadership,
