Street sign dedicated to honor Deacon Bruce Watermman
The family of Deacon Bruce Watermman gathered under the new street sign dedicated in his honor.
Joe Jackson, Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora, speaks at Aurora Police Department
Joe Jackson, executive director of Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora, is a guest speaker at Aurora Police Department headquarters Tuesday, March 15.
Aurora Kiwanis Club’s 107th annual pancake breakfast March 18
A family of three enjoys the Aurora Kiwanis Club breakfast Saturday, March 18 at Aurora Central Catholic High School.
College women’s lacrosse: Aurora University vs. DePauw
Aurora University’s Monique Gibson, center, drives between DePauw defenders against DePauw University in women’s lacrosse action at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery Tuesday, March 14.
Coaching changes follow end of high school basketball
By Bobby Narang The end of the high school basketball season signals the start of a season of change for some schools. Several schools are in the midst of looking for new varsity head coaches in boys and girls basketball still in March. West Aurora High School remains in search
Big Ten teams struggle in men’s basketball tournaments
By Woodrow Carroll For any respectable Division I men’s college basketball program, a postseason berth is usually there for the taking. Considering the men’s NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, the NIT (National Invitation Tournament) and CBI (College Basketball Invitational) there are 116 slots. A total of 68 teams are
Baseball on the horizon to deter deadly distractions
March Madness will pass directly from high school and college basketball right to Major League Baseball with regular-season openers Thursday, March 30. Although there will be two games remaining in each of the men’s and women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals followed by one each in the championship games, in
Wyckwood House in Aurora creates quite a buzz
As the only boutique with a liquor license in Aurora, Wyckwood House has created quite a buzz over the last year since opening up last May at 80 S. River Street. The lifestyle boutique in downtown Aurora features both women’s and men’s apparel along with cards, gift items, and home
Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist in Oswego host to fundraiser for water
Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist in Oswego will be host to a walk/run to raise funds for clean water. Reverend Steve Good, Good Shepherd pastor and walk co-captain with Nicole Devine, said the Church’s World Vision Global 6K for Water will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 20,
Geofence technology cell phone location dangerous intrusion
By John & Nisha Whitehead If you give the government an inch, it will always take a mile. This situation is how the slippery slope to all-out persecution starts. This particular slippery slope has to do with the government’s use of geofence technology, which uses cell phone location data to
A Focus on History: March 23-29
March 23 The initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll correct,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the every-day speech of Americans. – 1839. At 7:20 in the morning, an explosion
Volunteers help prepare dinner for Hesed House in Aurora
Robbin Lang, Riddhi Gupta, Orges Selimi, and Leslie Surta fill gelatin cups Monday, March 13 for dinner at Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora.
Higher education commitment in Illinois: JB
By Nika Schoonover On his latest marketing tour to sell his State budget plan, governor JB Pritzker visited a community college in Normal Tuesday, March 14 to highlight his proposed investments in higher education. “With an additional $100 million directed to the (Monetary Award Program) grant program, a student can
Illinois Bond rating elevated to ‘A’
By Peter Hancock Moody’s Investors Service announced Tuesday, March 14 that it has upgraded Illinois’ bond rating to A3, up from Baa1, marking the eighth credit upgrade the State has received in less than two years. Moody’s is now the second major rating agency to put Illinois in the ‘A’
Important items: Kiwanis Aurora to Arts Hall of Fame
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Aurora City Council gives honors to 9-year-old hero
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council presented a special honor and award to 9-year-old-hero, Aria Lamen, for Women’s History Month, at the Tuesday, March 14 City Council meeting. Aria Lamen, 9, made a lifesaving 911 call when her mom, Caron, passed out at their home. The call likely saved
Reader’s Voice: Aurora can revert: Place for all
March 13, 2023Dear editor; “I Sold my Soul to the Company Store.” That is the title to an old song often sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I thought it describes very well our current City Hall government in Aurora. With its rules of loyalty, a specific lingo, and misuse of
‘Clearly in a moment of backlash…close to backtracking’
Reprinted from November 25, December 2, 2021 Third of four parts “The Times published the 1619 Project in August 2019, the lynching of George Floyd the following May amplified its reach during global racial reckoning. “Ibram X. Kendi’s essay suggests that our ideal of racial progress ‘does more than obfuscate;
DADs not available to twins
By Russ George Aurora’s seven-year-old Type 1 diabetic twins, Jackson and Elliot Webster, were in attendance at the Thursday, March 9 Diabetes Club of Fox Valley’s March membership meeting, to hear their father, Paul Webster, speak about how and when each of the twins were diagnosed as Type 1 diabetics,