Northern Illinois University two-time all-America selection Sutton Smith became the second Huskie selected in the 2019 National Football League Draft when the Pittsburgh Steelers chose him with the 175th pick in the sixth round Saturday. Smith’s selection marks the first time since 2014 that two Huskies have been drafted in
Aurora University pitcher Stephanie Renner of Crown Point, Ind. remains a key member of the softball team’s success. The Lady Spartans through Monday won-loss record was 26-14 overall and 16-6 in the Northern Athletics Conference. Renner was 12-10 with a 2.77 earned run average. Al Benson/The Voice
The high school badminton sectional meets, originally set for Monday, April 29, was postponed to Thursday, May 2 prior to the State meet, Friday-Saturday, May 10-11 in Charleston at the University of Eastern Illinois. The large school girls softball State meet will be May 31-June 1 at Eastside Centre in
More than 50 years of Waubonsee Community College baseball was represented Sunday afternoon in the Sugar Grove campus Field House. All three head coaches to have led Waubonsee’s baseball program were on hand for the inaugural Chiefs’ Baseball Alumni Day. Former coaches Bill Prince and Dave Randall, along with head
The NFL draft, April 25-27, was through seven rounds. The draft was held in Nashville, Tenn.. Bears selections Round 3, David Montgomery, RB; Round 4, Riley Ridley, WR; Round 6, Duke Shelley, CB; Round 7, Kerrith Whyte, RB, and Stephen Denmark, CB. Round 1 (top 15) 1. Cardinals, Kyler Murray,
There’s an enormous outbreak of African Swine Fever among Chinese hogs, and it’s disrupting global grain, meat, and financial markets in profound ways. China, which produces about half the world’s pork, has seen its biggest drop in the number of hogs over the past few months. The country’s productive herds
• 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
Lion is a male Domestic Medium Hair Orange Tiger who was born in December 2018. Lion is a quiet kitty. He enjoys playing and is an easy going sweetheart. He loves to find a sun-filled spot or a clean basket of laundry to take a cat nap. He has been
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive May 11 The second Saturday in May is the largest one-day food drive in the Nation. It will take place in more than 10,000 cities and towns, and the food is collected by those men and women carrying our mail across the country. When postal
May 2 General Motors Corporation (GM), which will become the world’s largest automotive firm, acquires Chevrolet Motor Company. – 1918. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. – 2011. May 3 Thirteen-year-old
Robyn Stecklein, North Aurora Police Department crime prevention officer, is a speaker Thursday, April 25 at Cinemark Tinseltown USA theater in North Aurora on scams which target seniors. Stecklein and two Kane County Sheriff’s Office employees, Krysta Kaus and Judith Dawson, were speakers prior to the screening of “The Best
The National Day of Prayer in Aurora, 9:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, will have planned stop for a prayer focus. The event is set to take place rain or shine. Umbrellas have been utilized in the past. Neighborhood walks are for 7 a.m. or 7 p.m., or
By Marissa Amoni – First Fridays in Aurora will be filled with art, music, and food Friday, May 3. First Fridays is Food Truck Festival 2019 this week with more than two dozen food trucks parked on Benton Street. There will be several venues open to the public for a
Children, young girls, some as young as nine years old, are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years old. This is America’s dirty little secret. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited
A helicopter drops candy-filled eggs in Faith Lutheran’s ninth annual event, April 20 in Aurora near the intersection of Eola Road and Liberty Street. The crowd was so large that even with no more than 10 to a child, the supply of 15,000 was exhausted. The idea for the egg
By Jerry Nowicki – Stakeholders from northern Illinois added to the State’s list of capital funding requests Monday 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 is great; the revenue is problematic,” said
