Grandpa,I recently saw another one of those web sites hawking the benefits of certain herbs and plant-based products that are supposed to cure type two diabetes so the patient does not need to use insulin ever again. The web site is (withheld by Grandpa.) There is a list of (several)...
Do you miss going to cons and hanging out with all your fandom friends? Well, have no fear! The Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) CAPE Con is here! August 9-14, APLD will present CAPE Con, a week-long comic and fandom convention with events for all ages. This year, we’ll celebrate...
Plano Police Officer Alejandro Lopez shows a letter of commendation July 14 for recently performing CPR and saving an individual's life at a retail store.
Aurorans, left, Jackie and Lilly Jaramillo, hand out take-home kits to guests at Wesley United Methodist Church's outdoor Blackhawk Park program July 12.
Movies at a Museum Outdoors will take place Thursdays, July 29 and August 5, at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, 53 N. Broadway, Aurora.
Downers Grove vocalist Fran Rinaldo performs a free concert Wednesday, July 21, at the Active Senior Expo Wednesday, July 21, at Abbington Banquets in Glen Ellyn.
By Al Benson A U.S.A. competitor in the Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games triathlon is a familiar face to Fox Valley United Methodist members. Kevin McDowell was in Geneva High School when he started attending Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church (UMC), said his former pastor and now UMC Prairie Central...
Lauren Carlini, 7, of Aurora, former West Aurora High School girls' volleyball star, recently was selected as an alternate for the USA women's volleyball team in this year's Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
By Bobby Narang By mid-Summer, Timothy Christian High School senior guard Ben VanderWal had become one of the fastest rising basketball recruits in Chicagoland. With that, VanderWal learned to become used to spending a lot of time talking on the phone, a lot of time. The 6-foot-6 VanderWal gained 13...
The national grassroots Change the Mascot campaign, led by the Oneida Indian Nation, praised the July 23 decision to change the Cleveland Indians’ Major League Baseball (MLB) name to the Guardians. Cleveland has been known as the Indians since 1915, but announced the name change with a video on Twitter...
By Woodrow Carroll With conference alignment expansion centered around major college football in the news, a look back is relevant. In 1947, the University of Illinois defeated UCLA, 45-14, in the Rose Bowl. The game was a shocker because UCLA went into the game as the favorite. It was the...
The Chicago Wolves released their 2021-22 American Hockey League schedule last week that features 16 Saturday nights and 11 Sunday afternoons at Allstate Arena as part of the team’s 76-game schedule. Head coach Ryan Warsofsky’s squad will begin the defense of its Central Division championship at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct....
Former Northern Illinois University pitcher Ryan Anderson (Palatine) signed a professional contract with the Joliet Slammers of the Frontier League, the team announced Monday. Anderson’s won-loss record with Northern Illinois this season was 3-3 in 12 appearances and started eight games He struck out 31 batters in 49.2 innings pitched....
Guests view "Moana," a Disney animation film, at a family movie night on the Aurora church's lawn Friday, July 23.
All those tomatoes from your garden, or farmers’ market, can not be eaten fast enough. Kathy Jankovic, former instructor of culinary arts at Geneva High School, will present a programat 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, at the Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 Municipal Drive, in Sugar Grove. Topic for the...
There are reasons that Olympic Games are special events. They are sports, however, they transcend sports generously. Communities see the value in countries competing for a sense of national pride, however, the drama, excellence, and competition every four years, or twice every four years if you include both summer Olympic...
Aurora Downtown will be host to its first Back to School Block Jam 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14. The event will provide a welcome to all ages to celebrate back to school. The free event will close the street block-party-style on Stolp Avenue between Downer Place and...
Students at Grace Holistic had fun learning Fractal Art. Calculating algorithms on fractal objects, the students created fractal digital art.
The Naperville Jaycees recently named Edward Hospital Frontline Workers as the grand marshal of the 2021 Labor Day parade presented by the City government of Naperville and the Naperville Jaycees. “We are proud and honored that our Edward Hospital frontline workers, who have worked tirelessly through the pandemic to keep...
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD), in partnership with Illinois Department of Public Health, will provide COVID vaccines at three upcoming community COVID vaccination clinics. • Friday, July 30 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Coon Creek Festival, 400 N. State Street, Hampshire • Saturday, July 31 from...
