By Woodrow Carroll In a span of less than 15 minutes, the Northern Illinois University Huskies outscored the visiting University of Wyoming Cowboys, 27-0, in the Saturday, Sept. 11 football game in DeKalb. Northern Illinois, which had looked hopelessly lost a short time earlier, was suddenly in the driver’s seat
The Northern Illinois University Department of Athletics announced Tuesday, Sept. 14 that the Saturday Sept. 18 volleyball match against nationally-ranked No. 2 University of Wisconsin at Victor E. Court in DeKalb is sold out. A limited number of tickets will be made available for Northern Illinois students for Saturday’s match
Aurora honors Hispanic Heritage Month with a month-long series of events from September 15 through October 15. Aurora Avanzando, which means Aurora is moving forward in Spanish, will feature more than a dozen in-person and virtual events to celebrate the heritage, impact, and resilience of Aurora’s Latinx community. “While we
Aurora Central Catholic High School’s Jack Loria, 6, looks for running room against Wheaton Academy
West Aurora High School defensive linemen Jason Green, 89, middle, and Jordan Lishman, 52, right, take down Plainfield Central running back Aaron Larkins, Jr., Friday, Sept. 10.
Yorkville junior back Gio Zeman runs for a six-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
Major League Baseball’s season will end soon for the teams which will not make the playoffs. Although the playoffs will consume nearly all of October for at least two teams, because they are in he World Series, there is no better time for a few comments on the game today.
By Bobby Narang York High School’s football records go back to the start of the program, way back in 1920. The Dukes have one of the oldest and most extensive record-keeping across nearly every sport, a rarity in this age. Many sports have their annual win-loss record for 100 years,
Howling Wolfe Canoe and Kayak ran a trip from North Aurora to Aurora and all the proceeds were donated to Friends of the Fox.
Aurora University midfielder Abby Kay, Plainfield and Neuqua Valley High School, 17, and defender Hannah Ford, 27, put pressure North Central College defender Kylie Tucker, 21, Saturday, Sept. 11.
North Central College’s Aidan Westerberg and Elmhurst UNiversity’s Noah Reed were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Soccer Student-Athletes of the Week Tuesday. Westerberg, a sophomore midfielder from Belvidere, Illinois and Belvidere North High School, tallied two goals and two assists as the Cardinals went
September is Fall Prevention Awareness Month. Seniors will continue to see that message on bulletin boards, in newsletters, and in E-mail. The fact is older adults and young children are the most likely to incur serious injury from falls, including brain trauma bone injuries that can be life changing. But
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) named North Central College’s Ethan Greenfield, along with Wheaton College’s Ryan Schwartz and John Bickle the CCIW football Student-Athletes of the Week Monday, Sept. 13. • Greenfield, a junior running back from Lindenhurst, Ill. and Lakes Community High School, posted his 15th
September marks Hunger Action Month and the timing could not be more symbolic for Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry (MWFP) volunteers working on the front lines to feed Aurora area residents. As Summer winds to an end, MWFP volunteers are working overtime to benefit those in the community who are fighting
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in, and the West in general, into an unbearable hell and a choking life.”, Osama bin Laden (October 2001), as reported by CNN What
September 16 In his cell at Yerovda Jail near Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste. – 1932. U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Service and Training Act, which requires all male citizens
Friday, Sept. 17FBSMaryland at Illinois, 8 p.m., FS1 Saturday, Sept. 18FBSNorthwestern at Duke, Durham, N.C., 3 p.m., ACC NETNorthern Illinois at Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 11 a.m., BTNPurdue at Notre Dame, 1:30 p.m., NBC Subdivision IIllinois State at Eastern Illinois, Charleston, 4 p.m., ESPN3 Division IIMarian University (Ind.) at St.
Friday, Sept. 17Chicago Catholic GreenBenet Academy at St. Rita, 7:30 p.m.Nazareth Acad. at Niles Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m. Chicago Catholic OrangeSt. Laurence at Montini, 7:30 p.m.Providence Cath. at Joliet Cath. Acad., 7:30 p.m. Chicago Catholic White*St. Ignatius at Marmion Academy, 7:30 p.m. DuKaneBatavia at Lake Park, 7:30 p.m.St. Charles E.
By Jerry Nowicki The House sponsor of a long-debated ethics bill that failed in the House recently said she will bring it up for another vote if lawmakers come back to the Capitol within a 15-day constitutional window in which such an action would be allowed. The House leadership decided
Dancers become the focal point of the crowd in the Aurora First Fridays Roots Aurora on the Water Street all with interest in the dancing and colorful dresses.
