Emily Hinton, manager for the Access Center for Disability Resources, Waubonsee Community College, shared disability access information with the Kiwanis Club of Aurora January 11 at the Prisco Community Center in Aurora.
West Aurora High School's Kenyon Weekley, 12, passes from the floor defended by Romeoville's Quinn Reynolds, 21, Friday, Jan. 21.
Joe Kosner, right, interim president of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club, gives a thankful handshake to Joel Friend, left, director of corporate giving and sponsorships, for a very interesting program January 19 on the Paramount Theatre.
It was Dan Batka Night at West Aurora High Friday, Jan. 21. Batka, a Batavia resident and West boys varsity assistant coach since 2009, was saluted for his induction into the Illinois Basketball Association Hall of Fame as a career coach and impending retirement. In an on-court ceremony prior to...
Mock snowballs are displayed by Dick Schindel, Aurora Noon Lions Club member, at the club's Thursday, Jan. 18, meeting.
Aurora University's Shamar Pumphrey, 1, is triple teamed by Edgewood College's Jake Schroeckenthaler, 50; Caden Nelson, 2; and Avery Lyons, 0, Wednesday, Jan. 19.
Aurora Central Catholic High School's Justin Cebulski, 33, is in a battle with St. Edward's Robert Wilson, 12, and Kaden Dawson, 23, Friday, Jan. 21.
Thursday, Jan. 27Metro Suburban BlueAurora Christian at St. Francis, 7 Friday, Jan. 28Chicago Catholic White*De La Salle at Marmion, 7Montini at Providence-St. Mel, 7DuKaneGlenbard N. at St. Charles East, 7:15Lake Park at Batavia, 7:15Wheaton N. at St. Charles N., 7:15Wheaton-Warr. S. at Geneva, 7:15DuPage ValleyNeuqua Valley at Naperville Central, 7Waubonsie...
Monday, Jan. 24Sycamore 53, Huntley 38York 47, Oak Park 30St. Charles East 64, Jacobs 36Benet 45, Nazareth 31 Saturday, Jan. 22Downers North 69, Batavia 63, 2 otGeneva 53, Wheaton-Warrenville South 28Glenbard East 45, Streamwood 25St. Charles East 55, Glenbard North 35Joliet West 56, Metea Valley 38Oswego East 57, Naperville Central...
By Woodrow Carroll Following the upper echelon of college football is a relatively easy task. With 130 teams vying for the national championship, which was won earlier this month by the Georgia Bulldogs, keeping up with the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams is not difficult. The NCAA Division I basketball...
By Bobby Narang Glenbard West High School senior center Braden Huff wanted his game to be in a showcase. So did his teammates. Huff, a Gonzaga University recruit, is one of the best players in the Midwest, but his name is not included among the elite players in the country....
College basketball rankings can vary, depending on parameters, voters, opinions. What counts, ultimately are the games. The games are the things. The men’s college basketball March Madness will begin in early March with conference tournaments and conclude with the championship game Monday, April 4 in New Orleans. Auburn University, with...
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce, along with the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, celebrate the opening of Rookies All-American Pub & Grill in the Fox Valley Ice Arena, Geneva with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Jan. 20.
Oswego resident and retired Navy submarine captain Len Wass presents "The U.S. Submarine Force: Strike From the Depths" Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Aurora Downtown has announced its schedule of events for the year. The downtown organization once again will be host to the popular Food Truck Festival at May’s First Fridays event. Outdoor movies will return to two downtown locations in the Summer. The event lineup for the year ahead provides a...
Chuck Nelson of Aurora receives his five-year Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora membership pin January 20 from LaVonne Hawking, Cosmopolitan International Mid-States Federation governor.
By Nicole Flowers-Kimmerle Healthy soil is essential for healthy plants. Using cover crops in the home garden is one way to promote soil health. Cover crops are non-harvested crops that add organic matter to the soil, transfer nitrogen to plants, and break up heavy clay or compacted soil. They are...
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Cancel culture: Political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance, has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance, policed by techno-censors, social media bullies, and government...
January 27 Mine explosion in Mount Pleasant, Pa. leaves more than 100 dead. – 1891. The 8th U.S. Air Force bombers, dispatched from England, fly the first American bombing raid against Germany and make its target the Wilhelmshaven port. – 1943. Soviet forces permanently break the Leningrad siege line to...
Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby will be host to the first of three indoor All-American derby races for ages seven to 20, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 22-23, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the former Sam’s Club, 501 N. Randall Road in Batavia.The public is invited. Admission and parking...
