A crowded field, at the end of a play from scrimmage in the football game Yorkville High School at Oswego East, Friday, Oct. 7, yields eight players from each team involved.
Karly, a six-year-old Siamese, is blessed by the Reverend Patrick Fish during a worship service Sunday, Oct. 9, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Kiwanis Club of Aurora's new 2022-2023 leadership: From left, Brian Tonner, president; Bob Bridgman, immediate past president; Christina Campos, president-elect; and Kim Woodin, treasurer
Halloween lurks around the corner, when little ghosts and werewolves will be on the prowl for treats, and Batavia residents might be looking for healthier goodies to share. The Batavia Public Library is offering a sugar-free choice to hand out to trick-or-treaters this year. This Halloween, you can give the...
Official Trick-or-Treating hours in the City of Aurora are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. The 6th Annual Halloween at City Hall will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the same day at Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place. The event will 10+ City...
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Taladaga, Ala., Sunday, Oct. 2. Chase Elliott won his fifth race of the season followed by Ryan Blaney in second place. Following was Michael McDowell in third, Ross Chastain in fourth, and Denny Hamlin in fifth. Hamlin and Chastain controlled...
By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) boys soccer season is hitting the final lap of the regular season. One year ago, York claimed the top prize in Class 3A with an historic run, by defeating Fremd, 4-0, in the championship game to win the program’s first State...
Batavia High School's Ryan Whitwell runs upfield amid Geneva defenders Friday, Oct. 7.
By Woodrow Carroll Other college football poll voters: When looking at the college football polls once past the top 25, there are a number of teams on the fringe, which have pulled in a few votes, but, are well short of a spot in the top 25. One team waiting...
Sports thoughts, champions, perspectives: • Defense wins championships. The University of Illinois football program, after a long-time waiting, is having a good season. The defense is excelling and has given up the fewest points in Division I nationwide. The visiting University of Minnesota is No. 2 in points allowed. The...
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club (FVVBC) Veteran of the Month program started in April 2015. Now renamed the FVVBC Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month, the stories of 77 veterans have been presented. My participation in the program has come to an end because I will...
By Leonard Wass The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its Tuesday, Oct. 18 dinner meeting in the private room of the Riverview Diner, Illinois Route 25 and Mill Street in Montgomery. A reception will begin promptly at 5 p.m. followed by a meeting at 5:30 p.m. with dinner...
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry is thrilled to bring back its popular “Fill The Bowls” fundraiser from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. The annual Fill the Bowls Taste of Fox Valley Fundraiser will have soups and tastings from the Fox Valley area’s restaurants. Morning mimosas, raffles, drawdown and...
By John & Nisha Whitehead Anti-government speech has become a four-letter word. In more cases, the government is declaring war on what should be protected political speech whenever it challenges the government’s power, reveals the government’s corruption, exposes the government’s lies, and encourages the citizenry to push back against the...
By Peter Hancock Illinois voters will be asked in November to decide whether the right of workers to form unions and engage in collective bargaining should be enshrined in the State constitution. The first clause of the amendment contains two sentences. The first would establish a “fundamental right to organize...
A boy holds a mini-U.S. flag while praying at a See You at the Pole prayer rally Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Aurora.
By Jake Griffin, The Daily Herald The two candidates for Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat, both suburban women, challenged each other’s records on women’s rights, abortion access, guns, and a bevy of other issues in a candidate forum Monday where little middle ground was found. In the forum, organized by the...
The Aurora Police Department's K-9 SPIKE (serve and protect with integrity and kindness to everyone) mascot greets some of the more than 1,000 visitors at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum's Community Hero Day Saturday, Oct. 1.
This week is National Newspaper Week. With the many forms of communication in addition to the newspaper, there can be discussions and debates on the functions and future of newspapers. Such discussion and debate always will be evident in the communications industry and in all other forms of business. The...
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to a report on the Fiestas Patrias scholarship fundraiser after a two-year hiatus at the Tuesday, Oct. 4 Committee of the Whole meeting. Tony Martinez, director of Communications for the city of Aurora government, said $102,000 was raised for scholarships for Latino...
