Bold and beautiful in the illumination of holiday colors in Aurora downtown is the description of the bridge across the Fox River. The pedestrian bridge was lighted for the first time in red and green in the under-lighting for Christmas and Kwanzaa. The new 900-foot state-of-the-art bridge will be completed for an official opening in the Spring. See page 23. Lights will be programmed to reflect various holidays. The bridge will connect the West Side and the East Side of Aurora for accessibility.City government of Aurora photo
The late Ron Hicks, West Aurora High School Class of 1976 and owner of the Chicago Steam professional basketball team, holds a basketball with visible autographs of his high school and Northern Illinois University head basketball coach, John McDougal, and Kenny Battle Class of 1984 at West Aurora. He died of COVID-19.Chicago Steam photo
Protests in favor of saving the U.S. Postal Service and ending delivery delays Tuesday morning in front of the Fox Valley Sorting Center in Aurora includes members of the Aurora Postal Workers Unions Local 351 and Local 7139 and Mailhandlers Local 306. Jason Crane/The VoiceA trio of friends for more than 50 years, Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski, started their traveling friendships at Northern Illinois University in 1968. In the above photo, their fellow floor-mates at Northern Illinois University’s Stevenson South, seventh floor, without the trio, celebrate sports success in 1969. Submitted photo
