Year: 2022

Sports

High school football playoff championship results

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Class 8ALoyola Academy 13, Lincoln-Way East 3 Class 7AChicago Mt. Carmel 44, Batavia 20 Class 6AEast St. Louis 57, Prairie Ridge 7 Class 5ANazareth Academy 45, Peoria 44 Class 4ASacred Heart-Griffin 44, Providence Catholic 20 Class 3AIC Catholic 48, Williamsville 17 Class 2ADecatur St. Teresa 29, Downs Tri-Valley 22 Class...

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State high school football finishes with flourish

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By Bobby Narang The Illinois eight-class high school football playoffs wrapped up with a bang Saturday night, November 26, on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign. The two-day championship weekend featured four games Friday followed by four more games Saturday. • IC Catholic added to its growing...

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Illini, head coach Bielema, ready to find a bowl opponent

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By Woodrow Carroll Thanks to a resounding 41-3 victory over host Northwestern Saturday, Nov. 26 in Evanston, the Fighting Illini closed the regular season with an 8-4 record. That Illini victory over means that head coach Bret Bielema, in his second season, will hold a winning record entering into his...

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North Central, Aurora, seek D-III semifinal berths

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Not all of the sports world is fascinated or focused on the big-time situations such as the Bears, big-time college football, or other premier professional gigs. Yes, they are compelling. So are high school sports, Division III small-college football playoffs, and other situations out of the glare of television and...

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Rural areas older, sicker, poorer

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By Tammie Sloup,FarmWeek Rural communities are older, sicker, and poorer. “It’s a terrible marketing line,. but a great elevator speech when trying to communicate the uniqueness of rural communities,” said Alan Morgan, chief executive officer of the National Rural Health Association. Morgan, who has more than 31 years of experience...

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United Methodist Church of Plano choir sings again

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The United Methodist Church of Plano plan have its choir singing favorite hymns in the near future because choir director and musician, Mark Vickroy, is in the process of asking congregation members to restart the choir.

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Geneva Lions Club Breakfast Dec. 3

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Geneva Lions Club will be host to its 11th annual pancake breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec.3. The event will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Geneva High School cafeteria, 416 McKinley Avenue, in Geneva. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for children ages 4-12, and children three...

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Visitors can relive Christmas memories

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Do you remember the excitement of waking up Christmas morning to discover what treasures Santa left for you to enjoy? It will be possible to relive part of that excitement you, and generations of other Oswego area children have experienced when visiting the Little White School Museum’s “Toys from the...

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West Aurora High School’s 35th annual madrigal dinner concerts Dec. 17-18

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West Aurora High School's 35th annual madrigal dinner concerts (2020 photo) will be held Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18 at the School, 1201 W. New York Street in Aurora.

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Chanukah celebration in Naperville

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Rabbi Mendy Goldstein & Rabbi Tzvi Tornek will light the Giant Menorah at 4 p.m. Sunday Dec. 18. The event will take place at the Riverwalk Amphitheater (corner of Jackson Avenue and Eagle Street) and will be accompanied by items to include Chanukah songs, donuts, hot latkes, drinks, and Gelt....

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St. Lucia Festival Dec. 3 at Bethany in Batavia

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The Swedish American Children’s Choir presents the 24th annual Swedish Christmas and St. Lucia Festival at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln Street in Batavia . There will be music by the choir directed by Marguerite Karl with special guests Swedish Folk and...

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History

A Focus on History: December 1 through December 7

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December 1 The Ford Motor Company introduces the continuous moving assembly line which could produce a complete car every two-and-a-half minutes. – 1913. African American Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of a Montgomery, Ala. bus, to add fuel to the growing civil rights movement’s campaign to win...

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Surveillance society on the increase around the world

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By John & Nisha Whitehead The votes are in. No matter who runs for office, no matter who controls the White House, Senate, or the House of Representatives now or in the future, “we the people” already have lost. We have lost because the future of this Nation is being...

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DuPage County Budget balanced

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The DuPage County Board Tuesday, Nov. 22 unanimously approved its Fiscal Year 2023 budget, which includes a balanced, $584.1 million spending plan and a reduction in property taxes for homeowners. Due to conservative financial planning, DuPage County is projected to finish the 2022 Fiscal Year with a surplus of $40...

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Oswego museum offers Cat’s Meow

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The holiday shopping season kicks off and Oswego’s Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, Oswego, is offering two unique Cat’s Meow architectural miniatures for sale as their 2022 fundraiser, along with a selection of many other Oswego-themed gifts. The two latest Cat’s Meow architectural miniatures of Oswegoland historic structures...

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Holidays held for specific reasons, thankfully

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Thanksgiving Day holidays propel us ever faster into the thick of the many significant holidays. Can late December be far behind and Christmas and New Year’s? There will be Pearl Harbor’s Remembrance, December 7; Hanukkah, December 18-26; Kwanzaa, December 26-January 1, 2023. We always can find meaningful holidays. Perhaps Thanksgiving...

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