With East High Football Oldtimers Association dinner committee members standing by, Janet Kenyon, right, announces her Tomcat challenge coin at the 77th annual Old Timers’ dinner meeting October 20 at the Gaslite Manor in Aurora.
Andrew Laurich, 9, of Yorkville High School, seeks to pull away from Oswego defenders in the teams’ Friday, Oct. 21 Southwest Prairie Conference West Division game.
By Al Benson Approximately 70 persons gathered Saturday, Oct. 22, to celebrate Ruth VanSickle Ford’s 125th birthday. Guests dined at the Aurora Country Club amid 50 oil and watercolor paintings loaned by patrons of the late Aurora artist, educator, and entrepreneur. Ford (1897-1989) owned and operated the Chicago Academy of
Aurora Downtown will be host to its annual Trick or Treat downtown event from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Costumes are encouraged, and all ages and abilities are welcome to join in he fun. Aurora Downtown, a group of downtown business and property owners, first was host
By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs are finally here. For the second straight season, the playoffs are a welcome return to normality in the Fall. The IHSA released the eight-class football pairings Saturday evening, with Lincoln-Way East, 9-0, as the No. 1 seed in largest
By Woodrow Carroll The top echelon of collegiate football, the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision), has 131 teams, yet, the likely national champion will come from a select, well-established, group of teams. It comes as no real surprise that the 131 FBS football programs are down to six, familiar, undefeated teams.
Class 8AGame 1: Conant at Lincoln-Way East, Fri., Oct. 28, 6 p.m.Game 2: Neuqua Valley vs. Chicago Lane at Lane Stadium, Fri., Oct. 28, 6 p.m.Game 3: Stevenson at Warren, Fri., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.Game 4: Andrew at #9 Huntley, Fri., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.Game 5: Belleville East at South
The October and November sports corridor may be among the most enjoyable: College and professional sports overlap with football baseball, and basketball, and high school Fall sports offer championships with Winter sports in view. Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29 will offer the first round of the high school
East Aurora High School’s Jeremiah Brown, 26, carries upfield Friday, Oct. 21.
West Aurora’s Dariyon Douglas, 14, runs the ball in the first quarter Friday, Oct. 21.
I work in the same office building with Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce, which means I am lucky enough to get the opportunity to work closely and collaborate with them as well as my other office mates including Invest Aurora, Women’s Business Development Center, Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau,
The Quad County Urban League Annual Equality Gala will occur Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. to midnight, at Chicago Marriott Naperville, 1801 N. Naperville Boulevard, Naperville. The event will celebrate, empower, and change lives. The fundraiser will support racial justice, civil rights, and economic empowerment for our children, youth, and
The Naperville Park District 2022 Campaign Toys for Tots started October 21 and will continue through December 10. Invitations for contributions include unwrapped toys for the 2022 DuPage County Toys for Tots program with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve as host. Toys will be collected at all Naperville Park District
By John & Nisha Whitehead Think twice before you call the cops to carry out a welfare check on a loved one. Especially if you value that person’s life. Particularly if that person is disabled, mentally ill, elderly, autistic, hearing impaired, suffering from dementia, or might have a condition that
October 27 The New York City subway opens to the general public, and more than 100,000 individuals pay a nickel each to take their first ride under Manhattan that day. More than 100 workers died during the construction of the first 13 miles of tunnels and track. – 1904. October
By Jerry Nowicki Much of the talk from supporters of the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform has in recent days centered on how it will or will not be amended before January 1, 2023 when cash bail will be abolished in Illinois as part of a provision known as the
Joe Adkins of Wheaton shows his State heaviest pumpkin of 1,760 pounds in his back yard.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to many citizens at the Tuesday, Oct. 18 Committee of the Whole meeting. They were against a proposal to supply $50 Million in municipal bonds for a new casino to be built. • Eight individuals used their voices for up to three
Lisle Police Sgt. Jim Dexter, a SWAT team specialist, is a speaker at an active shooter response training program at Lisle High School Monday, Oct. 17.
How do we know when we are building a new world? Can we understand when we are in the middle of the process? We take life one day at a time. Often we have a tendency to think few changes are a part of our lives. We build on the
