Wednesday, March 1 (First Round)Game 1: Penn State 72, Minnesota 67Game 2: Rutgers 63, Northwestern 59Thursday, March 2 (Second Round)Game 3: Michigan State 67, Nebraska 64Game 4: Michigan 63, Penn State 61Game 5: Purdue 57, Wisconsin 55Game 6: Illinois 81, Rutgers 55Friday, March 3 (Quarterfinals)Game 7: Indiana 94, Michigan State
By Bobby Narang Lenee Beaumont entered the final weekend of the girls high school basketball season with one goal left to accomplish. The Benet Academy senior point-guard already had etched her name among the best in the State, and in program history, with a prolific career. The Indiana University recruit
By Woodrow Carroll For a team that lost three of its final four regular-season games, Northwestern University’s men’s basketball team ended up very well. Faced with a four-game losing streak entering this week’s Big Ten Conference tournament, Northwestern closed out regular-season play with a 65-53 victory at Rutgers Sunday, March
High school Winter sports are on their way to conclusions with only boys basketball champions remaining to be decided in four classes by enrollment. Big Ten Conference, with 14 schools, determined wrestling champions last weekend in 10 weight classes. It is busy times for both participants who have worked hard
Anthony Ortiz of Elgin shows his Purple Heart in each photo he received for Marine Corps service while deployed in Afghanistan, 2010-2011.
The next Fox Valley Veterans Club meeting will be Thursday, March 16 at the Oswego American Legion, 19 Washington Street, Oswego. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast at approximately 7:15 a.m.. Cost is $12 and a $2 tip. All veterans and active military, male or female, are welcome.
As part of continued efforts to advocate for our veterans and ensure they receive the care and attention they deserve, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, has introduced legislation to mark June 27 annually as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Day in Illinois. “Our veterans dedicate their lives in service to us, and
The Oswegoland Heritage Association and Oswego’s Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18 for “From War Plants to Prairie Plants: Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the Joliet Arsenal” presented by Midewin Heritage Program Manager and Archaeologist Joe Wheeler. The program host is the heritage
More than 100 Aurora Historical Society members and guests turned out Friday, March 3 to preview an exhibit paying homage to famed Aurora artist Ruth Van Sickle Ford (1897-1995). “Aurora’s Own Ruth Ford,” an exhibit of approximately 35 Ford paintings loaned by local collectors, will run through May 13 at
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora is collecting donations to help an Aurora family start a school called The Precious Academy in Pithoragarh, India. Wesley congregants, Lynnette Singh and her husband, Khem, have started the Academy. They are working on setting up a library and computer lab and adding playground
March 9 U.S. warplanes launch a new bombing offensive against Japan and drop 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo over the course of the next 48 hours. Almost 16 square miles in and around the Japanese capital were incinerated, and between 80,000 and 130,000 Japanese civilians were killed in
By John & Nisha Whitehead It’s hard to say whether we’re dealing with a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves), a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin will host his annual State of the City Address this week in a unique but ideal location. With the theme ‘Aurora Ascending,’ Mayor Irvin will focus on how the City of Lights has taken things to new heights with unprecedented accomplishments this past year and preview
