The Aurora Police Department is working in conjunction with the Chicago Premium Outlet Mall again this year to plan for this year’s Black Friday shopping event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chicago Premium Outlet Mall’s Black Friday event will kick-off this year on Friday morning, November 27th, instead of
As families take precautions to keep everyone safe this Thanksgiving, favorite holiday traditions are getting a fresh perspective. University of Illinois Extension family life specialist Cheri Burcham encourages families to make the most of Thanksgiving 2020. How do we demonstrate our love for family, friends, and neighbors without gathering together?
With concerns resurfacing over possible food shortages, a study from a national farm group found the supply chain is as resilient as ever, and it’s showing up in the form of lower prices for many traditional Thanksgiving dinner ingredients. This year, the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving dinner survey
Paramount School of the Arts in Aurora is commissioning a new play for young audiences that it intends to tour to schools throughout the greater Fox Valley area. The new work initiative, supported by the NEA Arts Work Grant Program, is the first such grant for Paramount from the prestigious
Grandpa says: May you have a peace filled Thanksgiving. With your indulgence, I would like to share with you a bit of history. While some are out looking for the best “Black Friday” deals they can find, a significant anniversary in the history of “Peace on Earth” will slip past,
By Bobby Narang The on-and-off nature of high school sports took another turn last week. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met November 19 to provide an update on Winter sports. In the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused havoc around the globe and, more
Five Rosary High School athletes in the Class of 2021 have committed to continue their sports at the college level by signing National Letters of Intent at a ceremony this month in the School Library. • Elyssa Brault of Geneva, daughter of Patricia and Mark Brault, will swim for Brown
By Woodrow Carroll All of a sudden The Ohio State-at-University of Illinois Big Ten Conference football game at 11 a.m. Saturday generates a modicum of interest, however, only a couple of weeks back, the game was viewed by most observers a walkover victory for Ohio State. After dropping three straight
Joy is postponed. We are delaying gratification. We are in the midst of one of the best times of the year for football and basketball fans, especially in college competition. The transition from one sport to another brings clarity to football races and expectations to the basketball world. It is
The Turkey Express in Aurora serves one of the five public housing buildings of the Aurora Housing Authority Monday.
It will be Small Business Saturday November 28. This year, shopping small is easier than ever in downtown Aurora. From antiques to unique home goods and boutique clothing stores, downtown Aurora is once again a burgeoning shopping destination. Screech. Enter COVID-19. Thankfully, small businesses in downtown Aurora continue to quickly
All year long it is important to support small businesses and Geneva has small businesses aplenty. Although the world is struggling with the Coronavirus, individuals still will want and need to purchase items. Frequenting a small business may be a good way to go. Retailers in Geneva have a passion
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council unanimously, 12-0, approved an ordinance to create a nine-member civilian review board (CRB) to review matters involving the Aurora Police Department (APD). The Council heard from eight speakers who
By John W. Whitehead They shot at him 14 times. Walter Wallace Jr., a troubled 27-year-old black man with a criminal history and mental health issues, was no saint. Still, he didn’t deserve to die in a hail of bullets fired by police officers who clearly had not been adequately
November 26 Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J.. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door from which the women could flee was locked. – 1910. Franklin D. Roosevelt. president of
Sunny is a female Domestic Short Hair Brown Tiger who was born in March 2016 Sunny is very playful and curious. She can be very shy, but after a while her sweet side will come out. She would do best in a quiet home with not too much commotion and
Editor’s note: Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski, have been travel companions for more than 50 years to a variety of site with with many goals. This week’s adventure is the 17th in the series, a 14-day hike in 2005 across northern Spain’s intriguing Camino de Santiago, known as
The Oswego Senior Center began in 2002 when a Senior Advisory Committee met under the auspices of the village government of Oswego. It then became the Village Commission and began to serve meals at Good Shepherd Church with congregate meal funding. In 2009 the group moved into the large space
A lottery for ballot position in Montgomery will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1.in the Village Hall Board Room, 200 N. River Street. —Village of Montgomery
