Chicago Steel vs Youngstown Phantoms December 10
Chicago Steel’s Sam Lipkin, left, and Dylan Robbins, right, are in a battle with Youngstown Phantoms’ John Larkins, center, Thursday, Dec. 10, at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva.
Illini men’s basketball seeks rebound, baseball in flux
Rankings can be counter-productive. The University of Illinois men’s basketball team was anointed with a top six ranking at the beginning of the season. Following a defeat at the hands of possibly the best team in country, Baylor University, 82-69, the Illini fell to host Missouri Saturday in its annual
Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club
Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club members pose after giving a series of book readings for 3 to 5 year old children on podcast for the Two Rivers Head Start Agency.
Many seniors eschew depression, interrupt lonely days
What a year! If you had told a bunch of seniors that next year they would be sitting in their cars, in the cold, listening to holiday music on a loudspeaker, receive a boxed lunch to go, and that they would be happy about it, they would have laughed and
What to know as Illinois receives first COVID-19 vaccines
By Jerry Nowicki The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration arrived in Illinois Monday, but officials said there’s still a need for social distancing, face coverings and other mitigations as a full rollout could take months. While governor JB Pritzker hailed distribution
Buying books will assist Allen School
Buy a book or two for O.C. Allen Elementary School in East Aurora School District 131. That’s the request from Ellen Jo Ljung of Geneva, who leads a book drive for Allen. Her motivation: “Allen has a 92% minority population, yet its students often can’t see themselves in the books
Everybody loves Chuck theme, wishes, of Aurora farewell
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council thanked deputy mayor Chuck Nelson for his service to Aurora. Everybody loves Chuck! That was the theme for the man who was born and raised in Aurora.
Naperville Park Police collect toys
Since mid-November, Naperville donors have been dropping off new, unwrapped toys at Naperville Park District facilities to assist the Park Police in collecting toys for children in need in our area. The Naperville collection is part of the DuPage County Toys for Tots program, hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps
Aurora Noon Lions serve kids
Santa Dick Schindel of Aurora presents a gift bag to a family at a Christmas drive-thru for deaf and hearing impaired students.
Starfish Animal Rescue 10th annual Santa Paws fundraiser
Grillmasters Gary Pocci of St. Charles, left, and Chuck Becker of Darien, center, serve a hamburger Sunday for Jean Benson of Aurora at Starfish Animal Rescue’s 10th annual Santa Paws fundraiser.
A Focus on History – December 17 through December 23
December 17 Near Kitty Hawk, N.C., Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. – 1903. December 18 The British ship
Threats to freedoms produced by a lack of thoughtfulness
By John W. Whitehead “Look! You fools! You’re in danger! Can’t you see? They’re after you! They’re after all of us! Our wives…our children…they’re here already! You’re next!”—Dr. Miles Bennell, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) It’s similar to the Invasion of the Body Snatchers all over again. The Nation
On stealing the U.S. election
By Bela (Bill) Suhayda Stealing this or any election is not a risky proposition for Democrats. Media joins them in running interference… even “blacking out” (censorship by omission) the fraud that continues to be the 2020 election, along with a host of other corrupt activity. Dems stole their own primary
This Is The Honor Flight Chicago
Indeed, the Honor Flight Chicago has been here a while;And all of us now running it will wear a winning smile.And that is not the only one, for every single vetWho’ve made the flight now wear a smile as big as it can get.There is a lot more going on
Illinois: Tough decisions on taxes, leadership, followership
Politically, Illinois House speaker and State Democratic Party chairman Mike Madigan is a dead man walking. The recent ComEd admissions of a decade of bribery killed him. And so, the struggle for new leadership is under way, mostly behind the scenes for the moment. Madigan has more or less ruled
City to Honor Retiring Deputy Mayor Chuck Nelson
Chuck Nelson is synonymous with Aurora. A lifelong Auroran who has served as both an elected official and an executive, the City’s first deputy mayor is preparing to retire this month after a nearly 30-year career in public service at City Hall. “Chuck is an Aurora institution in and of
Aurora Noon Lions Club to host drive-thru gift giveaway for hearing impaired kids
Aurora Noon Lions Club will be host to a drive-thru Christmas gift giveaway for hearing impaired kids Saturday, Dec. 12. Arvin Meyer of Aurora, Noon Lions president, said the event will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. Meyer
Mobile COVID-19 Testing at Elgin Community College December 12-13
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announced that a mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be in Kane County to provide Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests to the community. • Saturday, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 13, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Elgin
Demolition process begins at Fox Valley Mall
Demolition of the empty former Sears retail building begins earlier this week at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora to provide space for proposed three three-story apartment buildings, a total of 305 apartments.
Ballot position for Aurora mayor
Jennifer Stallings, left, City clerk of Aurora, extends a selection opportunity to deputy City clerk, Socorro Flores, in the ballot position drawing for mayor in the April 23 primary election.