Five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces are represented in this 2017 Vietnam Moving Wall Oswego photo.
In continuing her effort to prevent veteran suicide as chair of the IL House Veterans Affairs Committee, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, who is a United States Marine Corps. veteran, has been appointed to the Illinois delegation invited to participate in the Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide among service members,...
With additional testing sites in Illinois, more cases of COVID-19 are being uncovered and deaths continue to rise. In much of the four counties of Kane, DuPage, Kendall, and Will, the listings by communities through noon Tuesday will find an additional count in the future. There were 93 deaths in...
Ariana is a female Domestic Shorthair gray and white who was born October 15, 2010. Ariana is a sweetheart! Due to prior experiences, she is afraid to be carried, but loves to lay next to her humans and be brushed. Her favorite pose is on her back, all sprawled out!...
By Jason Crane At the fourth remote Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, unanimously approved was an ordinance confirming the ongoing state of emergency in Aurora due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief management officer Alex Alexandrou, said, “The data and evidence supports allowing us to be on a different track than...
By Jason Crane The third remote Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday included doubling the Montgomery Development Fund program cap of $100,000 to $200,000. The program designed to help businesses in Montgomery affected by COVID-19 has a deadline date for applications of May 31. The Montgomery Development Fund Program – Small...
By John W. Whitehead We are fast becoming a Nation, nay, a world, of book-burners. Although on paper, we are technically free to speak, at least according to the U.S. Constitution, in reality, however, we are only as free to speak as the government and its corporate partners such as...
May 14 One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves St. Louis, Mo., on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. – 1804. In Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims...
By Ben Orner Illinois’ top health official Monday said the State has received its first shipment of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug that has proven early success as a treatment forCOVID-19 patients. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said the federal government sent 140 cases of...
A steady stream of vehicles Friday rolls through the driveway of the home of Greg Zanis, 69, of Aurora to pay tribute for his Crosses for Losses campaign-devotion of more than 20 years.
By Rebecca Anzel Governor JB Pritzker Tuesday announced a five-step, regional plan to reopen Illinois after months of restrictions put in place to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. The governor’s Restore Illinois plan comprises of five phases that health regions, the 11 districts the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)...
The times we live in, the uncommon battle with COVID-19, which has transformed our lives with seeking to avoid contact with the new virus, with staying inside a predominant state, and with personal distance requirements, easily can make us think of times past. The easy reference to society’s previous standard...
May 1, 2020Dear editor; This letter is an attempt to bring attention the plight of a group of unfortunate American citizens which includes the elderly, the disabled, the handicapped, the mentally ill, and veterans. This group is almost 100% dependent on the State government of Illinois for daily basic needs,...
The Kane County (Illinois) Health Department (KCHD) issued a closure order to Smithfield Foods Inc, in St. Charles, Friday, April 24, due to concerns about COVID-19. April 25, Smithfield Foods voluntarily consented to the closure order. Since that time, Kane County Health Department executive director Barbara Jeffers and members of...
The International Economic Development Council, announced the fifth annual Economic Development Week celebration started Monday, May 4 and will run through Saturday, May 9! “The pioneers of economic development set the standard for the methods by which professionals would increase the quality of life for members of the community. The...
The Naperville Millennium Carillon in Moser Tower is announcing special concerts and lighting to honor healthcare workers and first responders during the coronavirus pandemic this spring. Local carillonneurs will perform a series of concerts Wednesdays at noon for the month of May, in addition to the regularly scheduled concerts at...
May 1, 2020Dear editor; Voting by mail should replace voting at the polls in its entirety. The two institutions that definitely can be trusted are the county boards of elections and the United States Postal Service. The money saved by eliminating the need for poll workers could be used to...
My first impression of Indians, which we now describe as Native Americans, wasn’t very positive. Our community movie theater ran many Friday night specials which starred cowboys who were always the good guy and fighting for justice against the bad-guy Indians. It was easy to hate the Indians then, however,...
Water Street Studios’ Gallery curator, Steve Sherrell, will be host to a virtual get together at 6 p.m. Friday, May 8. Attendees can hang out online with Steve in his studio when he provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Water Street Studios displays 24 exhibitions every year. Afterwards, Steve will...
The walkers at the Fox Valley Mall are a diverse group of mostly seniors. The regulars usually walk prior to the stores’ opening. Sometimes the guards will open on time and sometimes they do not. Ramon asked for their phone numbers and if the guard is late, he phones and...
