By Woodrow Carroll The college football season takes on a stronger pulse with each passing, or running, day. How do we know? For starters, take note of the top 25 poll rankings seen in media outlets. The multi-page spreads in newspapers around the Midwest discuss the Big Ten Conference’s return
Rosary High School runners start in the lead of Aurora Central Catholic’s cross country triangular with Rosary and St. Edward at Oakhurst Forest Preserve in Aurora Thursday, Sept. 10.
West Aurora High School’s Kate Perez, in No. 1 singles, hits a return against visiting South Elgin’s No. 1 Naima Davis, Monday in a dual meet. Davis won, 7-5, 6-0.
The last thing I did one recent evening was read a friend’s post about her mother’s failing health due to Alzheimer’s. I went off to bed and commented to my husband about how sad it was to watch her go. I thought about my mother. Early the next morning, I
Free frozen meals Monday for seniors 60 years and older provide food assistance in a drive-thru program at the Aurora Police Department.
Montgomery Public Works Department will provide bulk brush collection during the week of October 5. To help ensure that we can continue to efficiently provide this service to Montgomery residents, the following rules have been established: Brush must be stacked neatly in the parkway by Sunday evening prior to the
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, the City Council listened to four speakers, including Michael Childress, president of the DuPage Chapter of the NAACP. He said they are looking to begin a dialogue with like-minded elected
By John W. Whitehead You can map the nearly 20-year journey from the September 11, 20001 terrorist attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic by the freedoms we’ve lost along the way. The road we have been traveling has been littered with the wreckage of our once-vaunted liberties, especially those enshrined in
By Jason Crane The Montgomery Village Board received an update about the Village’s lead service line replacement program at the Village Board meeting Monday. Director of Public Works, Mark Wolf, said the Village recently completed the replacement of 106 known lead service lines to residential properties. Wolf said the project
September 17 At a New York convention of the National Labor Congress, Susan B. Anthony calls for the formation of a Working Women’s Association. As a delegate to the Congress, she persuades the committee on female labor to call for votes for women and equal pay for equal work. But
Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold a frozen pizza fundraiser in September and October. Arvid Meyer, Noon Lions president, said the pizza sale is in partnership with Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The Lions and Luigi’s will offer 12-inch frozen pizzas for $6
The Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, The Club That Fights Diabetes, will be host to its 5B’s Fall BBQ Drive-Thru 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 at Advent Christian Church, 905 N Edgelawn Drive, Aurora. Tickets can be purchased from KCT Credit Union, Cosmo Club members, by phone at
Naperville Police were called to the 300 block of Washington Street at approximately 5:17 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, for a report of an armed robbery. Responding officers were informed that the juvenile victim was sitting with friends in Fredenhagen Park when an unknown male approached him, pointed what appeared to
Aurora Mayor Richard C. Irvin is joining other mayors in a nationwide initiative to increase outside physical activity and reduce heart disease and stroke by encouraging Aurora residents to get up and get moving.“It’s been a long six months of limited activity in order to keep our community safe,” said
Because the effects of COVID-19 continue to impact our communities, food insecurity levels continue to rise. Aurora is coming together, once again, to fill in the gap. The City of Aurora will be host to its fourth community-wide Pop-Up Food Pantry beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at Phillips
State representatives Bárbara Hernández, D-Aurora and Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, are partners with The Kane Senior Council, in partnership and the Aurora Police Department to provide free frozen meals to seniors from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 at the Aurora Police Department’s station at 1200 E. Indian Road
Activity at the Goldfinch Cafe table is part of Aurora’s First Fridays sponsored by Aurora Downtown.
American Legion Post 181 in Sandwich participates in the Sandwich Freedom Days parade Saturday, Sept. 5, Labor Day weekend.
Editor’s note: Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski, have been annual travel companions for more than 50 years to a variety of sites with many goals. This week’s adventure is the sixth in the series. The fifth part is available at thevoice.us/watershed-loving By Rick McKay Previously, I explained how
Labor Day just passed. The political season is upon us. For those of us who pay attention during the political season it is good news. For those of us who do not enjoy the political season it may be dismaying that the political season has been in effect a long
