Wendy Reed of St. Charles adds a stick of butter to her carrot turmeric soup during an outdoor cooking class at Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry's urban farm in Aurora Saturday, Sept. 17
Celebrating 130 years of community service, Woman's Club of Aurora was among 25 organizations offering information at a volunteer fair held by Aurora-based Fox Valley United Way at Prisco Community Center in Aurora Saturday, Sept. 17
Jean Benson of Aurora gets a blood-pressure check at Active Senior Expo Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Courtyard Banquets in Warrenville.
A youngster plays bags at an outdoor community cookout Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Aurora Classic champion: Aurora University's Kaitlyn Beebe, 7, goes up to block a University of Wisconsin-Platteville hitter Saturday at AU's annual Jim Coleman Memorial Classic.
There’s been music in the air at the Aurora Public Library District (APLD) this month! We are encouraging customers to Let Your Imagination sing at the Library as we celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month. During this time, libraries nationwide join the American Library Association (ALA) to remind parents, caregivers, and...
By Bobby Narang St. Francis High School in Wheaton and IC Catholic Prep in Elmhurst are on their to a collision course in week nine football. However, Riverside-Brookfield might have something to say in the Metro Suburban Red Conference standings. The Metro Suburban Red Conference has four teams with at...
By Woodrow Carroll In the Saturday, Sept. 17 football game against visiting Vanderbilt University, Northern Illinois University could not have started better. The first four drives by the host Huskies resulted in touchdowns. Then the magic disappeared! It was all Vanderbilt, 3-1, the rest of the way and the Vanderbilt...
Batavia High School's Zach Granberg, 19, left, carries behind Ryan Whitwell, 3, Friday, Sept. 16 in a DuKane Conference game.
An official signals a touchdown after West Aurora High School's Samuel Stone, 1, returned a fumbled punt 10 yards Thursday, Sept. 15.
Thursday, Sept. 22Metro Suburban BlueRidgewood at Wheaton Academy, 7:30 Friday, Sept. 23DuKaneBatavia at Glenbard North, 7St. Charles East at Wheaton Warr. S., 7St. Charles North at Geneva, noonWheaton North at Lake Park, 7DuPage ValleyWaubonsie Valley at Metea Valley, 7DeKalb at Naperville North, 7Neuqua Valley at Naperville Central, 7Fox ValleyJacobs at...
Overlapping and elongated seasons continue to expand in professional sports. Delight or detriment depends on a an’s perspective. The Summer sport of baseball, at the major league level, has had its regular season expanded a week until October 5 because of the work stoppage in Spring training which compelled the...
I learned about Black Fine Art Month from Patricia Andrews-Keenan, founder and CEO of Pigment International, a multi-media arts platform that evangelizes for black art, curation, and innovation. Based in Chicago, the organization uses arts journalism to advance the black contemporary aesthetic in the visual arts. An initiative of Pigment...
Chapel on the Green, near downtown Yorkville, will honor a substantial donation from the late Elmer Dickson during an open house from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25. Visitors can tour the building, a former church open to perform wedding services, and a community building, and enjoy refreshments...
By Emily Swihart Spring showers, Summer thunderstorms, Winter dusting of snow, are familiar weather events for Midwesterners, but as climate changes so do weather events. Extreme weather is increasing in Illinois. Over the past 120 years, significant changes have occurred that are causing more extreme weather events, according to a...
Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ will hold its Fall Rummage and Bake Sale Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15. Donations of clean, usable items in good condition will be accepted at the church Monday, Oct. 10 and Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.. Items not...
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit, third from right, presents Aurora Noon Lions Club members with recognition certificates for work on the Club's 100th anniversary celebration.
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit has received the “Friend of Agriculture” award from the DuPage County Farm Bureau. Kifowit received the award at the farm bureau’s annual membership dinner at St. Andrew’s Golf Club in West Chicago on September 14. I am honored to receive this award from the DuPage...
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce celebrates the opening of Louie Angelo's Pizza & Italian with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 13.
The Reverend John Bell, pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora, plays a drum during a community hymn sing at the Church Sunday, Sept. 18.
