Illinois will provide more funds for nursing homes
By Peter Hancock Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday, May 31 that will pump an additional $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes, provided they use that money to increase staff members and wages in their facilities. “This is truly a game changer,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony...
Naperville North High School girls water polo team wins State championship
Naperville North High School girls water polo team poses following its victory against host Stevenson in the championship match May 21 in Lincolnshire.
Batavia High School boys track and field team celebrates Class 3A State championship
Batavia High School boys track and field team celebrates Saturday, May 28 with the biggest-school Class 3A State championship trophy at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
Paying respects to fallen veterans
Bugler plays Taps at the ceremony at Marywood, one of three ceremonies in Aurora and a fourth in Batavia. Al Benson/The Voice
Many events continue busy season this month
Memorial Day photos reflect the traditional remembrance of the occasion when the focus is on those military personnel who make life’s transition, either in the service of the Nation, or in succeeding years. The Voice is filled with meaningful Memorial Day photos this week, however, other important items, which ordinarily...
Broadband impact: Economic, social
By Jerry Nowicki A $400 million investment in broadband internet infrastructure approved by Illinois lawmakers in 2019 could pay for itself by added tax revenues alone within four years of completion of construction, according to a new study. That’s according to a report by the University of Illinois Project for...
Reader’s Voice: On a previous letter on guns
May 26, 2022Dear editor; The writing and publication dates of Phil Wood’s recent commentary in The Voice on The answer: Intact mother/father, May 19, 2022) on our Nation’s gun laws preceded the sad incident in Uvalde, Texas, but it is nonetheless unfortunate that many of us now find it difficult...
Call to work together on an abortion issue
The likely overthrow of Roe v. Wade this month by the U.S. Supreme Court puts abortion back in the crosshairs of American public focus. The polar opposite Pro-Life and Pro-Choice camps appear more interested in ideology than in the practical matter of reducing decisions to have an abortion. Enter Perry...
Reader’s Voice: Gun-filled cycle vicious
May 23, 2022Dear editor; Here is a response to the Reader’s Voice article: Reader’s Voice: The answer: Intact mother/father in the May 19 edition. This is on target as far as it goes, but preserving families appears to be easier said than done. Any specific suggestions as to how to...
Aurora Carillon Lions Club honors fallen veterans
The Aurora Carillon Lions Club places a wreath at Veterans Memorial Island Park.
Native tribes ready to revolutionize hemp industry
Last of two parts Winona LaDuke writes about Alex White Plume a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe in the Spring 2021 edition of Yes! magazine. “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on...
Aurora Museum Week June 5-11
Aurora Downtown will sponsor the fifth annual Aurora Museum Week June 5 to June 11. Aurora Museum Week will focus on five museums with seven days of activities to encourage community members to visit and explore Aurora’s museums. Aurora Museum Week highlights: Blackberry Farm (Early Streets Museum), Aurora Regional Fire...
Preparation under way for Pride Day
A Geneva congregation and two Aurora churches will be partners in Pride Day activities Sunday, June 12. Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva congregants will join with members of Aurora’s New England Congregational Church (NECC) and Wesley United Methodist Church to offer a day of family Pride activities and to share...
Plano’s second Juneteenth Day at Johns School
Plano’s second annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held Sunday, June 19 next to Emily G. Johns School at 430 Mitchell Drive in Plano. Celebration will be freedom and family with a day full of relaxation, food, and family fun. This year’s event will feature a special tribute to fathers and...
Discussion, examination, of a door reveals much of life
On one side of the door, the north side, the triangular vase of lilies of the valley cascaded down the wood. On the other side of the door was a draft-stopping bear, legs akimbo, to keep out the Spring winds. How can it be that the opposites of one door...
Reader’s Commentary: Tearing U.S. apart: Believing in untrue information
By Marjorie LogmanAurora, Ill. It has been seven years that I have been prescription-free. Of the 22 prescriptions I was on, several were anti-psychotic and heavy pain-relieving medications. It took more than eight months to clean my body out and find a sense of a sound mind. What has amazed...
Reader’s Commentary: Memories recalled
By R. Mel DormerAurora, Ill. Charles Coddington’s recent article on Aurora old-timers memories (May 19: Aurora old-timers know special sites of past places) stirred a few memories for me of my near East Side Aurora neighborhood, the South Broadway/North Avenue area. • Our ever-present mail carrier, Benny, was met at...
Recovery Centers of America (RCA) in St. Charles and in South Elgin seek to help
Recovery Centers of America (RCA) in St. Charles and in South Elgin launched two new programs during May Mental Health Awareness Month: Discover, to address the increasing threat to young adults of drug and alcohol addictions; and balance, to treat individuals diagnosed with primary substance use disorder (SUD) and a...