Aurora Festival of Lights
Approximately 4,000 cars visited the opening weekend of the Aurora Festival of Lights, following the initial lighting Friday, Nov. 25 one day after Thanksgiving Day.
State fund aim: Pay down debt
By Jerry Nowicki State lawmakers Tuesday, Nov. 29 announced a bipartisan plan to use State revenues to pay down the remaining $1.4 billion in debt taken on by the State’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the agreement is expected to move through the General Assembly...
Big: The Batavia Boardwalk
If you have a budding business and want to propel it to the next level, Batavia MainStreet invites you to apply for one of the 10 12×12 Batavia Boardwalk Shops spaces available. The cluster of tiny shops is on the southeast corner of Wilson and River Streets in Batavia. Applications...
Annual Lehnertz Avenue on its way
Aurora’s 71st annual Lehnertz Avenue drive-thru Christmas display will open Sunday, Dec. 12, and will run through January 7, 2023. The event will open with a blessing of the nativity crib on the northwest corner of Lehnertz Avenue and Ohio Street in Aurora. The display will run nightly from 5...
Santa and Mrs. Claus at the The Rotary Club of Naperville’s Holiday Parade of Lights
Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive in the The Rotary Club of Naperville parade through the downtown Saturday, Nov. 26.
Batavia flag contest, DuPage 211, news items
Good news, bad news. Hard-hitting news, lightweight news. The Voice offers a voice to its readers and community members. We are a conduit and not a scandal sheet. We aim to investigate and make readers think. We offer a variety, both in content and in geographical reflection. There is a...
Native Americans’ right to vote systematically violated
Reprinted from November 12, 2020Second of three parts Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations. In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights’ conflicts on the eve of the November 3...
Diabetes Club of Fox Valley seeks two DADs for twins
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are raising funds, to assist Jackson and Elliot Webster in obtaining two Diabetic Alert Dogs (DADs), from Medical Mutts in Indianapolis, Ind.. Jackson and Elliot are seven-year- old twins, who live in Aurora, Ill., with parents, Paul and Luma...
Bits and Pieces: Native American population to Orchids
December once again! So it is time for little bits of information sure to enlighten. Bits: In 1850 native Americans were counted as 400,764 population and in 1890 the Native Americans population was down to 248,253. The American frontier was declared officially closed in 1890. From the Atlantic to the...
Nominations, applications, due in Aurora
The Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board (AAHAB) is accepting nominations for its annual African American Leader of the Year Award, along with applications for the 2023 Henry Cowherd Scholarship and the inaugural Mr. and Miss Black Aurora Pageant. African American Leader Of The Year Award: Nominations are being accepted...
Aurora police officers, firefighters, save boy, woman, from drowning
Just before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, Aurora’s 911 Telecommunications Center received reports of a nine-year-old drowning. Aurora police officers and Aurora firefighters were dispatched to the scene. When officers arrived, they found a nine-year-old boy who had fallen through ice and an adult woman who had gone in to...
The Chas has a dream to run a newspaper in Aurora
This week is essay No. 300, dear reader. I’m shooting for No. 400! The Chas has a dream. He dreams of becoming a newspaper publisher. In the early 20th Century, Aurora had three major daily newspapers, the Aurora Beacon (a conservative point of view), the Aurora Star (a liberal point...
Gray’s Mill host to the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley
The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is holding its first Holiday Party Fundraiser, Thursday, Dec. 8, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 N. River Street, Montgomery. The club members have planned an old fashioned holiday party, with an optional $20 wrapped gift exchange game, along with Basket Raffles. Social...
Recipe of the Week: Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients4 cups sweet potato, cubed1/2 cup white sugar2 eggs, beaten1/2 teaspoon salt4 tablespoons butter, softened1/2 cup milk1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1/2 cup packed brown sugar1/3 cup all-purpose flour3 tablespoons butter, softened1/2 cup chopped pecans Directions1. Preheat oven to 325F. Put sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with water to cover. 2....
Poem: Bring Back The Horse
You have heard this before, but I’ll say it with force,For the sake of humanity, bring back the horse.There are dozens of reasons, so little suspense,For the logic behind it makes simply good sense. The main thing, of course, it compels you to careFor a creature beside just yourself, and...
Bingo relevant, challenge, at the APLD in the Winter
Before the Winter blues get you down and the weather keeps you stuck indoors, why not play a little bingo? Or should I write B4 the Winter blues get you down… (yes, that’s a bingo joke).? Those looking to keep busy during these upcoming Winter months need look no further...
Aurora Police Department receives grant to assist mental health
The Aurora Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) recently received a significant grant award that will help forward the Unit’s mission to provide mental health and crisis resources to community members. The 2022 Community Policing Crisis Intervention Unit grant, which totals $294,657.51, was awarded to the CIU by the United...
A Christmas Carol 1940s radio play at Cantigny Park Center
Cantigny Park presents something familiar, but new for the holidays, an adaptation of A Christmas Carol, performed as a 1940s radio play in front of a live audience. Tickets ($2) are on sale at Cantigny.org for two performances: Saturday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 18, at 11...
Batavia High School football State championship
Noah Gifford autographs a fan's jersey at a Batavia High School media and community night, Tuesday, Nov. 22 to celebrate State championship week.
“Three Shots that Changed America: The JFK Assassination and its Connections to Chicago
Aurora University criminal justice professor Brandon Kooi presents "Three Shots that Changed America: The JFK Assassination and its Connections to Chicago" Monday, Nov. 28 in Aurora.