Naperville North High School’s Ellie Gerner, 16, and Metea Valley’s Olivia Hernandez, 8, are in a battle for a ball at the Class 3A sectional championship Friday, May 27.
Duly noted in our sports whirl: • Championships continue to be determined in the State high school Spring tournaments. The next two weekends will conclude the State championship chase. Last weekend Batavia captured its first track and field State championship. See page 8. Hinsdale Central captured the boys tennis State
Every rational person claims that they study, analyze, evaluate, and make decisions based on what he or she know to be true. The sad fact of the matter is that what we believe often is not true. It should be a simple matter, though, to gather solid data and change
The Kane County Health Department, in partnership with the Aurora African American Health Coalition and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, is proud to sponsor the 15th Annual Health Fair: Healthy Mind, Body and Soul from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11 at the Prisco Community Center, 150
Brian Pollock of Kane County Clerk’s office gives mail-in-ballot information to the Kiwanis Club members Tuesday, May 31 in Aurora.
Recently, Naperville Park District learned that the Beneficiary of the Frank J. Rus Trust wishes to donate $250,000 to support the construction of a new pavilion and site improvements at Knoch Knolls Park. The Frank J. Rus Trust previously donated approximately 40 acres of land to the Park District in
The Marmion Academy Alumni Association is holding its 50th annual Steak Fry/Lobster Boil at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 3 in the school’s Alumni Hall and campus quad, 1000 Butterfield Road in Aurora. All over the age of 21 are invited to attend. Dinner tickets are $40 per person and include
The year 2020 marked Lake Michigan’s highest water level in 120 years, experts said, and climate variance makes future water levels challenging to predict. Coastal impacts are well-documented, but the effect of Lake level rise on the inland waterways is poorly understood. A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study examined how
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are caught in a vicious cycle. With alarming regularity, the Nation is being subjected to a heartbreaking spate of violence that terrorizes the populace, fractures communities, and gives the government greater justifications to crack down, lock down, and institute even more authoritarian
June 2 Twenty-six journeymen printers in Philadelphia stage the trade’s first strike in America over wages: A cut in their $6. weekly pay. – 1786. In an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the U.S. Civil War, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces
By Peter Hancock The Census Bureau released new survey data last weeksuggesting the population of Illinois may have been undercounted by nearly 2% in the 2020 headcount. That was one of the findings of the Census Bureau’s Post-Enumeration Survey, or PES, something the bureau does after each decennial census to
Rich Ricketts of Aurora, left, helps stepson Christian Knoth, 8, don a bicycle helmet Saturday, May 21, at a 100-bike giveaway.
Steven Westlake of Aurora-based P.H. Sheridan Camp No. 2, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Saturday, May 21, reads names of 18 veterans who recently received new grave-markers at Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora.
The League of Women Voters Aurora Area will be host to two virtual candidate forums Wednesday, June 1 for candidates running in the Democratic Primary for the Illinois House of Representatives District 83 and the Democratic Party Primary for Judge of the Circuit Court 16th Judicial Circuit (Kane County). The
Discouraging highly-processed foods, “Eat real food to be really healthy” said Dr. Richard Steslow, DO, at the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora Thursday, May 19, meeting.
A fond farewell to former West Aurora High School boys head basketball coach Gordon Kerkman for fans, coaches, and former players was held Monday, May 23 in the School cafeteria. His 39 years as head coach, which followed 14 years as an assistant coach, prior to retirement, was warmly received
Summer unofficially will begin with Memorial Day and joyfully (hopefully) work its way through Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer. With Memorial Day we enjoy activities and must pause to understand reasons in memoriam why we have a Memorial Day. As a society we should be dedicated to minimize
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council welcomed a delegation from the cities of Bergamo and Rimini, Italy, at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, May 24. The five government officials of both Italian cities made the 4,500-mile trip as part of their participation in the European Union’s International Urban
April 25, 2022Dear editor; Vote yes on the June 28 Referendum to provide funding for OFPD (Oswego Fire Protection District) to keep up with our growing safety needs. In 2002, the only thing in town on Route 34 was farmland and the Home Depot and the population was approximately 15,000.
First of two parts Winona LaDuke writes about Alex White Plume, a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe, in the Spring 2021 edition of Yes! magazine: “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on
