Year: 2021

Oswego Police enforce rules over Independence Day week

The Oswego Police Department made the following traffic enforcement actions issued during the recent Independence Day week enforcement effort. • 54 seatbelts and child safety seat citations • Six distracted driver’s citations • Three speeding citations • One disobey traffic control device. • One felony warrant arrest Oswego Police Department

Solutions to Climate Change: Aurora Public Library District program, materials

This Summer, the U.S. West has seen record high temperatures. In some areas, temperatures surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit and lasted for many days. “It’s always difficult to immediately quantify how much impact climate change has had on a climate extreme,” said meteorologist/climatologist, Tom Di Liberto. “But there is plenty of

Diving into record book

By Sue Klein One-hundred and thirty athletes represented 26 countries and went to Belgrade, Serbia June 21-27 for the World Championship of Indoor Freediving, and for the first time in history, the United States was present. In a sport practiced for centuries around the world in areas with access to

Minor league baseball teams: Pride, financial woes

By Woodrow Carroll Minor league baseball operations always have been a bit tricky. With the headaches related to COVID-19 situations clearly became worse. Many communities across the Nation, and on both sides of the border, have rolled out the red carpet for minor league franchises only to see things go

West Aurora High School will be host to Big Butts event July 15

West Aurora High School’s Battle of the Big Butts, eight contests for 300 linemen from 20-plus Chicago-area high schools, is back. The 21st annual event will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 15, at West High stadium, 1201 W. New York Street in Aurora. Michael Runge, Blackhawk assistant football

York, Wheaton Warrenville South, football teams hopeful

By Bobby Narang York High School head football coach, Mike Fitzgerald, is hoping to keep to keep his program’s momentum continuing into the Fall. Under Fitzgerald, the Dukes slowly have been piling up signature victories in hopes of building sustained success, which is important element to be a contender in

The Erik Blair Diaries a follow-up to Orwell’s 1984 book

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” — George Orwell, 1984 Tread cautiously: The fiction of George Orwell (June 25, 1903-January. 21, 1950) has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day, surveillance

Recipe of the Week: Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches

Ingredients2 cups beef broth1 cup beer1 green pepper, diced1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon ground black pepper1 teaspoon dried oregano1 teaspoon dried basil1 teaspoon onion powder1 teaspoon dried parsley1 teaspoon garlic powder1 bay leaf2 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix1 (4 pound) chuck roast1 jar of giardiniere Directions1. Combine beef