Here are holiday events in Aurora: • Art and Market Aurora: Saturday, Nov. 19, Dec. 10, and 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Society 57. An indoor holiday market is back at Society 57 for three Fall dates. Free to enter! • Winter Lights: Friday, Nov. 18 from
Naperville Park District will offer two opportunities for families to visit with Santa, enjoy time together, and register their kids for fun camp programs over Winter break. Registration is under way for Santa’s Naperville Workshop, presented by Woody Buick GMC, which will open November 28 and continue through Thursday, Dec.
Jim Davidson, U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, salutes and leads the pledge of allegiance at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry Nov. 9.
Aurora University’s James Mautino, 23, celebrates his third quarter touchdown Saturday, Nov. 12 for the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship.
Plano Police Department Sgt. Robert Hernandez is among recruiters at an Aurora University career fair November 9.
Host Batavia High School quarterback Ryan Boe breaks free for a huge gain during the final drive against Yorkville.
“Three Shots that Changed America: The JFK Assassination and Its Connections to Chicago” will be explored at Aurora University, 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28. Brandon Kooi, professor of criminal justice, will be guest speaker in Crimi Auditorium at the Institute for Collaboration, 1347 Prairie St. in Aurora. The public is
The Aurora University football team is headed to the NCAA Division III football Championship for the seventh time in program history and third consecutive season. Sunday, Nov. 13, the Spartans received a Pool A berth. Aurora finished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record and went a perfect 8-0
By Bobby Narang Without hesitation, York High School senior quarterback Matt Vezza can pinpoint the low moment of his football career. He has a little more problems picking up the best moment of his career. Maybe that’s because the Vezza-led Dukes have reinvigorated the Elmhurst community with many milestones in
By Woodrow Carroll For the second week in a row, the Fighting Illini scored first and last in their Big Ten Conference football game, and, for the second week in a row, lost the game! The University of Illinois, up against the Purdue Boilermakers in a key West Division battle
SemifinalsClass 8AGame 29: Glenbard West at Lincoln-Way East, Sat., Nov. 19, 1 p.m.Game 30: Loyola Academy at York, Sat., Nov. 19, 1 p.m.Class 7AGame 29: Mt. Carmel at Chicago St. Rita, Sat., Nov. 19, 4 p.m.Game 30: Batavia at Lake Zurich, Sat., Nov. 19, 4 p.m.Class 6AGame 29: Chicago St.
This time of the year our sports overlap into start-out optimism, drive into high gear of success, and ending in disappointment. Through more than half the season in the National Football League, the Chicago Bears are four games under .500. Finding a combined optimism and accelerated determination remains the objective
Aurora University guard Michael Osborne, 24, shoots defended by Maranatha Baptist’s Malachi Herbster, 24, Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Now is the time. Everyone is getting requests for support this holiday season. It happens every year. Any charity you have ever supported will be sending you a mailer to ask you to support them again this year. The need is real. Although we are seeing it at the gas
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand opening for K. Hollis Jewelers, Boutique & Wine Bar with a multi-chamber ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Nov. 10.
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 will sponsor a special all-you-can-eat Breakfast Buffet fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. The breakfast will be served at the American Legion Post, 510 E. Dearborn Street in Plano.All proceeds from the breakfast will go to
Aurora University Latino students are selling handmade pulseras, bracelets, to benefit Nicaraguan folk artisans. Sale hours and locations: Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Dunham Hall lobby, 1400 Marseillaise Place, and Friday, 10:40 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the lobby of Institute for Collaboration, 1347 Prairie Street. —Aurora University
Last year Aurora Noon Lions Club opened the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign with a $500 donation.
The Aurora-based Fox Valley Marines presented $5,000 checks to four local food pantries in honor of Veterans Day.
The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry is holding its 15th Annual Holiday Food Drive through November 23 at three area grocery stores: Prisco’s Family Market, 1108 Prairie Street, Aurora; Cermak Fresh Market, 1250 N. Lake Street, Aurora; and La Chiquita, 1525 Douglas Road., Montgomery. Shoppers will be able to purchase
