Aurora retired chief of police, Kristen Ziman, signing her recent book; the late Robert O'Connor; Retiring Aurora Fire Department chief, Gary Krienitz; and much more in the 2022 review!
Year-end reflection is a common theme in media, interested persons given to thoughtfulness, and those who seek improvement in many areas. Affixing a value judgment to a year, good, bad, or, indifferent, may have some rules to an evaluation, however, it is more of a personal reflection. There may be...
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin and members of the Aurora City Council honored president of Waubonsee Community College, Dr. Christine Sobek at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 3. Mayor Irvin gave Dr. Sobek a key to the City and proclaimed...
By Jerry Nowicki A Kankakee County judge ruled Wednesday, Dec. 28, that lawmakers overreached their constitutional authority in passing a measure to abolish cash bail in Illinois, while other provisions in the wide-ranging SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform were not affected by the ruling. The ruling by Judge Thomas W....
January 1, 2023Dear editor; I feel that it’s not right that the HOA (Homeowners Association) in Plano’s Lakewood Springs doesn’t allow six-foot fences on our property. Four feet won’t prevent my dog from jumping over. It doesn’t give me privacy, either. We can’t have a painted fence. It has to...
December 28, 2022Dear editor; I appreciate the John and Nisha Whiteheads’ effort to warn of the “undermining” of the U.S. Constitution by Congress, the White House, and the courts. However, the Whiteheads’ commentary lacks real substance behind exaggerated, inflammatory, and at times, dubious rhetoric. They state: “We are in the...
Reprinted from The Voice, May 9, 2019 Cecile Richards, a recent guest on the MSNBC Morning Joe television program, announced that she and co-sponsor Alicia Garza have formed a new organization entitled: “Supermajority.” The following article was written by Chantal da Silva for Newsweek. “Three prominent activists have launched an...
By Russ George The newly-formed Diabetes Club of Fox Valley (DCFV) will hold its first membership meeting of the year, Thursday, Jan. 12, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 N. River Street, Montgomery. Meetings are held in the Second Floor Banquet Room. Dinner is on members’ own from the...
The 63rd annual Will County Coin Club Rare Coin Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at JJC Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center, 17840 Laraway Road, Joliet. The show will feature a youth auction at 1 p.m., ages 14 and under. Raffle prizes and hourly door...
Gary Swick, incomparable president of Friends of the Fox River, will present an entertaining and informative look at the health of the Fox River Watershed in his annual State of the Fox River program from noon until 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8 at Schweitzer Environmental Center, 16N900 Sleepy Hollow Road...
Indigenous peoples for thousands of years occupied the Grand River Valley. By the late 1600s the Ottawa occupied territory around the Great Lakes and spoke one of the numerous Algonquian languages. They founded several villages along the Grand River. The Ottawa called the river far-away-water due to the river’s length....
Here we are again in a brand new year. And as Tennessee Ernie Ford sang way back in the 1950s, “Another day older and deeper in debt.” Overspending on Black Friday wasn’t even a thing then. So anyway, what will 2023 bring? Who knows? Hopefully, the last of Trump, brought...
By Bill “Bela” Suhayda In response to Vince Smith’s letter in The Voice December 22, 2022, Focus: True science, research. As director of NIAID, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 Billion in annual taxpayer funding for scientific research, allowing him to control the subject, content, and outcome of scientific exploration across...
Welcome to 2023! What will this year bring you? After the difficulties of the past few years, one thing we can all work on is finding ways to bring more joy into our lives. The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) hopes to help with that! Kick off your new year...
Women volunteers are needed to help immigrant women learn English at the Dominican Literacy Center (DLC) in Aurora. Alison Brzezinski, DLC tutoring coordinator, said she needs 20 women to serve as tutors for Spring classes. She will lead a training workshop for prospective tutors from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m....
A 40-voice cantata choir performs "On Christmas Night" at Geneva United Methodist Church
Downers Grove North High School's Jack Stanton, 21, and Wheaton Academy's Wyatt Vandervelde, 20, chase a loose ball in the championship game of the East Aurora Holiday Tournament.
Thursday, Jan. 5Non-conferenceMarquette at Yorkville Christian, 7 Friday, Jan. 6DuKaneWheaton North at Geneva, 6DuPage ValleyNaperville Central at DeKalb, 7Naperville North at Metea Valley, 7Waubonsie Val. at Neuqua Valley, 7East Suburban CatholicBenet at St. Patrick, 7Joliet Catholic at Carmel, 7Marist at Nazareth, 7Notre Dame at St. Viator, 7Fox ValleyBurlington Cen. at...
By Bobby Narang The holiday high school basketball tournament season is a key moment in the schedule for teams throughout the State. The four-class State system hits the mid-point of the season and allows a true indicator of teams in the hunt for a championship. • On the girls side,...
By Woodrow Carroll The football bowl season got off to a very good start for the Big Ten Conference. Nine teams from the Big Ten qualified for postseason games. The conference was 4-0 in the early going. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Maryland all emerged victorious from their respective bowl games....
