The City of Aurora’s custodians in the Facilities Division receive honors for their work on National Custodian Appreciation Day last week.
American Legion Riders Post #181 Sandwich members register bikers and offer chances on the many raffle baskets.
Dixon resident Mark Walsh, left, formerly of Oswego, is inducted into Aurora University's athletic hall of fame Friday, Sept. 30.
Sidney Tice, 100, of Garden Grove, Calif., a 1947 Aurora College alum, handles the coin toss at the Aurora University-Wisconsin Lutheran College football game at Vago Field Saturday, Oct. 1.
First Fridays, October 7, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage and more including a bra drive and a chicken soup contest in downtown Aurora. Santori Public Library, 101 S. River Street, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage with artisan ice cream, Danzantes Unidos MITOTILIZTLI dancers, a craft, Oaxacan Woman Cultural Heritage photography exhibit, free...
A member of the Youth Advisory Council of Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit has received the honor of being part of an elite group selected as a delegate with the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly. Sanvi Maganti of Naperville, who attends Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, was selected along...
Senior Gio Zeman, 32, of Yorkville High School runs to daylight in the Southwest Prairie West 10-0 victory against host West Aurora.
East Aurora High School's Ralph Clark, 2, runs against Larkin Friday, Sept. 30.
Friday, Oct. 78-Player Football North 1Harvest Christian Academy at Parkview Christian Academy, TBDDuKaneGlenbard North at Lake Park, 7Geneva at Batavia, 7St. Charles East at St. Charles North, 7Wheaton-Warrenville S. at Wheaton N., 7DuPage ValleyWaubonsie Valley at Neuqua Valley, 7Naperville Central at DeKalb, 7Naperville North at Metea Valley, 7Fox ValleyBurlington Central...
By Bobby Narang Two of the biggest high school football games in the Chicago suburbs took place Friday night, September 30. In week five, feature games billed State powerhouse Glenbard West at up-and-coming York, and the annual Naperville North- Naperville Central game at North Central College in Naperville was on...
By Woodrow Carroll The University of Illinois football program has an opportunity to rid itself of two curses in a two-week span when the Illini will play host to Iowa Hawkeyes at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. Saturday, Oct. 1 in Madison, Wis. the Illini put a 34-10 victory hurt...
Aurora University's Carlos Montgomery leaps over Wisconsin Lutheran College's Cole Jackson, 11, Saturday, Oct. 1.
Sports transitions are ongoing and always continue in one form or another. No doubt the Chicago Major League Baseball fans wave good-bye the season this week and seek to turn attention elsewhere. The White Sox with higher expectations than the Cubs truly were disappointing. The Cubs with lower expectations showed...
North Central College football players show the Little Brass Bell trophy to fans following their 33-20 victory over visiting Wheaton Saturday, Oct. 1 in a CCIW conference game in Naperville.
“Scott Raymond Adams is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the syndicated Dilbert comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business.” (Wikipedia). I listen to his blogs, and I’ve read several of his books. He’s entertaining and informative. In recent...
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona gave a salute to 297 schools, including 17 in Illinois, as National Blue Ribbon Schools for this year. This honor is based on a school’s overall academic performance, or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. “Congratulations to our 17 National Blue Ribbon...
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce last week offers a welcome in the celebration of the grand opening of Slumberland Furniture, 165 N. Randall Road in Batavia.
The Sandwich VFW Post 1486 will sponsor a pork loin dinner from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Sandwich VFW is at 713 S. Main Street. Donations for the dinner are $13 for pork loin, cheesy potatoes, gravy, vegetables, dinner roll, and dessert. Funds are being...
October 6 The surprise attack by Egyptian and Syrian forces on Israel in October 1973, called the Yom Kippur War, throws the Middle East into turmoil and threatens to bring the United States and the Soviet Union into direct conflict for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis in...
By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday, Sept. 27 to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million through an infusion of unemployment-related revenues. The trust fund is the pool of money paid into by employers to provide a social safety net for...
