Month: April 2019

Naperville Chef Showdown: Chef Mark Grimes, middle, holds a trophy after Che Figata was announced the winner of the Loaves & Fishes’ second annual Naperville Chef Showdown fundraiser, Wednesday, April 17 in Naperville. The competition was between two teams led by chef Crispin Plata from Mesón Sabika and chef Grimes from Che Figata. The sold-out event supports Loaves & Fishes Community Services. Left to right, Loaves & Fishes Board member Dr. Laura Bokar, Fox Valley Institute; chef Mark Grimes, Che Figata; Loaves & Fishes Board member Joe Chura, Dealer Inspire. Runner-up was Meson Sabika, chef Crispin Plata. Loaves & Fishes Community Services

Naperville Chef Showdown:

Chef Mark Grimes, middle, holds a trophy after Che Figata was announced the winner of the Loaves & Fishes’ second annual Naperville Chef Showdown fundraiser, Wednesday, April 17 in Naperville. The competition was between two teams led by chef Crispin Plata from Mesón Sabika and chef Grimes from Che Figata....

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Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall, left, and Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis, right, present Emergency Communications manager Kalah Considine, center, with Naperville’s 2019 Telecommunicator of the Year Award.

Kalah Considine receives Naperville Award

The Naperville Police and Fire Departments have awarded the 2019 Telecommunicator of the Year Award to Emergency Communications manager Kalah Considine, who retired April 18, after 42 years of service to the City of Naperville. The announcement of this year’s honoree comes during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, April 14-20....

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Actors portray the walk to Gethsemane where Jesus is nailed to the cross, along with two thieves in an annual passion play in Plano each Good Friday. Submitted photo

Passion play in Plano Good Friday

Actors portray the walk to Gethsemane where Jesus is nailed to the cross, along with two thieves in an annual passion play in Plano each Good Friday. Submitted photo The Good Friday Via Crusis/Living Stations of the Cross are a tradition at St. Mary Parish in Plano and feature a...

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Free Summer concerts at Millennium Plaza in Aurora

Aurora Downtown will be host to a free Summer concert series at the Millennium Plaza gazebo, 21 S. Stolp Avenue, in downtown Aurora. The free series will begin Wednesday, June 12 and run through Wednesday, Aug. 14. There will be no concert July 3. All concerts are from 6 p.m....

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Car vending machine: Oak Brook became the most recent home to a car vending machine. Carvana is an online used car dealer that sells, finances, and buys back used cars through its website. The first verson of a car vending machine was in November 2013. All technology, no dealerships, or sales representatives. As of April 2019, there are 17 multi-story Carvana vending machines throughout the country. Jason Crane/The Voice

Car vending machine:

Oak Brook became the most recent home to a car vending machine. Carvana is an online used car dealer that sells, finances, and buys back used cars through its website. The first version of a car vending machine was in November 2013. All technology, no dealerships, or sales representatives. As...

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Let's Go Green

Let’s Go Green!

• Aurora electronic recycling: The city government of Aurora, in partnership with Will County, will be hosts to a free Electronics Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4 in the City public parking Lot X, 309 N. River Street. The event is open to Aurora residents...

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Dawn is a female Domestic Short Hair Calico

Dawn: Great mom needs great home

Dawn is a female Domestic Short Hair Calico who was born in December 2017. Dawn is a sweet girl and has been a great mom to her kittens. She loves to be petted, explore, and play. She has an easy-going personality and gets along well with children and cats. Dawn’s...

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Fundraiser forum

Fox Valley Habitat 5B’s dinner April 27 Those in attendance can treat their families to dinner from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 p.m. with 5B’s BBQ. It will be held in the parking lot at Oswego Presbyterian Church, 1976 Route 25 in Oswego. 5B’s will serve pork...

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A Focus on History – April 25 through May 1

April 25 The New York Times declares the struggle for an eight-hour work-day to be “un-American” and calls public demonstrations for the shorter hours “labor disturbances brought about by foreigners.” Other publications declare that an eight-hour work-day day would bring about “loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery, and drunkenness.” – 1886....

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Bill Foster on Mueller report: Hear from special counsel

Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL 11th District) issued a statement after the U.S. Department of Justice released a redacted copy of the Mueller report last week: “The Mueller report outlines disturbing behavior by president (Donald) Trump, including attempts to ‘curtail’ the special counsel’s investigation. The report makes clear that the facts...

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Aurora Food Truck Festival 2018

Aurora Food Truck Festival at First Fridays May 3 will offer many choices

By Marissa Amoni – First Fridays in Aurora will be filled with art, music, and food Friday, May 3. On First Fridays it is Food Truck Festival 2019 with more than two dozen food trucks parked on Benton Street. There will be several venues open to the public for a night...

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John Whitehead

Understanding of nonconformist Jesus true resurrection

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. In the current governmental climate, where laws that run counter to the dictates of the U.S. Constitution are...

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Smiles reflect an enjoyable day at the Wine on the Fox in Oswego. Photo by LockedInPhotography.com

Volunteers needed for Wine on the Fox in Oswego May 4-5

Smiles reflect an enjoyable day at the annual Wine on the Fox in Oswego last year. Photo by LockedInPhotography.com Wine on the Fox, presented by john greene Realtor, returns to Oswego Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, 2019, and volunteers are needed to help make the event a success. Proceeds from Wine...

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Northern Illinois panel of lawmakers seeks funds for many infrastructure projects

  By JERRY NOWICKI –  Capitol News Illinois Jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Stakeholders from northern Illinois added to the State’s list of capital funding requests Monday, April 22 when lawmakers from both sides of the aisle acknowledged more revenue would be necessary to get the State’s infrastructure back in working order. “The need...

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Possible bill in Illinois State Senate could pave path to legalizing adult recreational marijuana

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com   A key supporter of an initiative to legalize adult recreational marijuana in Illinois said substantial bill language will be filed soon, and the issue could be one of the first discussed by State lawmakers when they return to the Statehouse in Springfield...

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An Aurora woman was arrested over the holiday weekend after shooting a handgun at her neighbor during a dispute in the parking lot of their apartment complex. Lagwanda Hudson, 44, of the 2700 block of Village Green Dr, was arrested Saturday morning after firing a handgun at her neighbor during a fist fight in the parking lot of their apartment complex. At 9:40 AM, April 20, Aurora Police Department was dispatched to a call of shots fired at the Village Green Apartment Complex on the City’s Far East Side. The investigation revealed that Hudson and another resident, a 30-year-old Aurora woman had been involved in an ongoing neighbor dispute for the past few weeks. Police learned that this morning the two women became involved in a fist fight in the parking lot outside the apartment complex after one reportedly saw the other giving "dirty looks." During the altercation, Hudson reportedly retrieved a Glock pistol from her purse and fired once at the victim, narrowly missing the left side of her head. The pistol was recovered from Hudson's vehicle, and she was taken into custody without further incident. The victim was treated and released from a local hospital for minor scratches and pain in her left ear, presumably from the firearm discharge. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office authorized one (1) count of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, a Class 1 Felony. Hudson was transported to the DuPage County Jail to be arraigned on bond. Charges are not proof of guilt. The defendant listed herein is presumed innocent and is entitled to fair trials at which it is the burden of the State to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

‘Dirty Looks’ Leads to One Shot Fired In Parking Lot; Arrest Made

An Aurora woman was arrested over the Easter/Passover Holiday weekend after shooting a handgun at her neighbor in Aurora during a dispute in the parking lot of their apartment complex.   Lagwanda Hudson, 44, of the 2700 block of Village Green Drive, Aurora, was arrested Saturday morning after firing a...

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Hesham Shehab

Meaning of Good Friday prior to Easter personal exploration

Good Friday this year, it was more than 150 years since Abraham Lincoln’s death. Had he lived to finish his second term, the history of the United States would no doubt have been far different. Some historians believe that if Lincoln had lived, he would probably have been more successful...

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