Aurora Ward 4 Alderman Bill Donnell is the speaker and volunteers prepare to open Aurora Kiwanis Club's 2023 One Day community service project, a Fox River cleanup Saturday, April 15.
Shannon Cameron, executive director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora, is a speaker at Citizens Police Academy of Aurora Alumni meeting at APD headquarters April 11.
Sikh youth gathered outside Aurora City Hall after a special proclamation presentation last week for Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month.
Working at the Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast on Palm Sunday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church (OLGC) in Aurora to prepare pancakes are Jose Cervantes and Antionio Del Toros, left photo, and Cervantes and Roland Snyder, right photo.
Unwanted, but usable and clean household items, as well as functional furniture, toys, books, and clothing may be brought to Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ to be sold at the Church’s upcoming Spring rummage and bake sale. Donations of clean, usable items in good condition will be accepted from...
Through the centuries, Americans invested a tremendous amount of labor, materials, and money into making and maintaining their wardrobes. At 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 27, the Little White School Museum will be host to a free program on “The Life Cycle of Clothing,” recounting how our 19th Century ancestors viewed...
Aurora resident Zachary Yench, left, is inducted by Aurora University Spanish professor Denise Hatcher into AU's Psi Mu chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society April 5.
The Rev. John Bell, right, pastor at Aurora's Wesley United Methodist Church, greets community activist Helen Ratzlow at a "Housing 101" panel at the church April 12.
Occupants at Bardwell Residences, 99 units for seniors at Aurora’s restored Copley Hospital, began moving in Wednesday, April 12. Included were two Aurorans. In the morning, Jeane (last name withheld), moved in; in the afternoon, Bienvenido (last name withheld), a man, moved in. The move-ins culminated two years of restoration...
By Bobby Narang The girls high school soccer season is reaching a key midpoint of the season. Defending Class 3A State champion Metea Valley is humming along, well on the path toward another State championship behind a group of numerous college-bound players looking to add another milestone to their careers....
By Woodrow Carroll Fast starts by teams are a part of Major League Baseball (MLB). After beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-1, on the road Sunday, April 16, the Tampa Bay Rays held a 14-2 record. That 14-2 figure was the best in MLB entering this week. In the National...
Sports largely are ephemeral. Over quickly. That is unless there is a Major League Baseball team with woeful pitching and not many good things going. Then, it is a long season. Other old-timers, especially long-suffering fans of the old Chicago Cubs, may remember a pitcher for the Cubs and the...
Caden Carnes of Lisle High School returns a ball in the Hinsdale South double duel Saturday, April 15 with Nazareth and the host in Darien.
By Al Benson Aurora University woman wrestler Alexis “Lexi” Janiak qualified for USA Wrestling’s U20 World Team. Janiak, an AU freshman from Plainfield South High School), qualified by winning two matches at USA Wrestling’s U20 World Team trials in Spokane, Wash., Friday through Sunday. Wrestling at 59 KG, Janiak beat...
Each April across the United States, non-profit organizations of all sorts take some time out to thank the volunteers who have helped their missions throughout the year. It is an appropriate time because April is springtime, after volunteers have served the needs of others through some incredibly-difficult weather moments and...
In 1905, King Flipper Cigars were manufactured in downtown Oswego, which the notation at the lower right of the inside of the cigar box testifies. It was one of the stops featured on the Little White School Museum’s “Oswego History Tour—Industrial Sector,” Saturday, April 15.
Three Lou Malnati’s Pizzerias, two in Naperville and one in Aurora, will be host to fundraisers for the Dominican Literacy Center (DLC) in Aurora. The fundraisers will take place Wednesday, April 19. Participating locations and hours include: Raise a slice for a good cause is the tag line. Diners who...
Homeowners and business people. Those are key targets of Garrett Schweikhofer, founder and CEO of Batavia-based SunHeat Solar, Inc. Friday, April 14 he extolled benefits of solar power in a presentation at Aurora Business United, a networking group that meets monthly at Santori Aurora Public Library in downtown Aurora. He...
David Nordin displays a Viking-style cooking pan during a presentation on Viking food at the Geneva History Museum April 11.
By John & Nisha Whitehead We’re not living the American dream. We’re living a financial nightmare. The U.S. government is funding its existence with a credit card. The government, and that includes the current administration, is spending money it doesn’t have on programs it can’t afford, and “we the taxpayers”...
