Aurora 911 Telecommunicators were surprised by Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross (far left) and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin (center) to kick-off National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 9-15, 2023
Volunteers who formed CASA Kane County Hands Around the Courthouse inside the building in Geneva pose outside the building Thursday, April 6 to celebrate their dedication.
On a beautiful 70 degree Spring afternoon at Rosary Catholic High School of Aurora Monday, April 10, a girls softball game is the focus between Rosary and IC Catholic Prep of Elmhurst.
In the Aurora Kiwanis Club's March 21 meeting, Kiwanian Ernie "Pooch" Poochigian interviews and applauds World War II Navy veteran, Dick Miller, 96, of Aurora on his experience on the U.S.S. Drexler DD-741 at the Aurora Club's March 21 meeting.
The Montgomery Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced that executive director, Charlene Coulombe, stepped away from her role March 31 after almost 14 years of service. “We are grateful for Charlene’s hard work and dedication. She will be missed tremendously,” said MEDC Board president, Suzette Murray. During her tenure, Ms Coulombe...
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) visited Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora Thursday, April 6 to discuss the $700,000 in federal funding he secured through congressionally-directed spending in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Omnibus appropriations bill for their new Mobile Meals Program that will expand their services to food-insecure...
By Jerry Nowicki & Nika Schoonover Lawmakers went on a two-week Spring break last week with more than 700 bills already passed in at least one chamber of the General Assembly. They will return to Springfield on April 18 for a final one-month stretch in which the measures can be...
The DuPage County Board has developed new proposed precinct maps and is asking for residents to provide feedback. Members of the public can provide feedback online at proposedprecincts-dupage.hub.arcgis.com where they will be able to see the proposed maps. The County will have physical maps on display from 8 a.m. to...
Aurora Downtown will seek an executive director to replace the organization’s manager. Formed in 1975, the downtown group was most recently run by current manager Marissa Amoni, who took on the role of manager a handful of years after originally being hired as the group’s event coordinator. Amoni recently resigned...
By Bobby Narang Northern Illinois University head football coach Thomas Hammock has his program at a crossroads. Three years ago, in the shortened coronavirus pandemic season, the Huskies lost all six of their games. Two years ago, the Huskies won five straight games in the middle of the season to...
By Woodrow Carroll If the Houston Astros come away as World Series champions in 2023, it will end a drought going back to 2000. Not since the New York Yankees made it three straight in World Series championships, 1998-2000, has a team repeated as World Series champions. The Yankees just...
Innovation in sports, except for the stubborn. hardcore, traditionalists, is welcome. Something new, often improvement, and, at the least experimentation, are involved. It happens often, every week, even every day. Major League Baseball (MLB) has changed rules on infielders’ positions, the time batters can stand out of the batters box,...
Aurora University's Brandon Naylor, 24, swings in the finale of a doubleheader against Lakeland University at Schmid Field in Montgomery Friday, April 7.
Aurora University's Isabel Morales 1, advances to third base defended by Marian University's Mary Jarvi, 14, in game two of a doubleheader at Bedrosian Field in Montgomery Monday.
Lisle High School junior Ryan Schmidt returns a ball against Downers Grove North Thursday, April 6 at Lisle.
On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, and the first Vietnamese American and Vietnamese refugee to serve in the General Assembly, State representative Hoan Huynh, along with Vietnam veteran State representative, Mark Walker, joined American Vietnam veterans and Army of the...
We (Aurora Navy League Council 247) received this very nice message from Master Sergeant Matthew Pierzchala of the West Aurora High School JROTC. It is heartwarming to see such appreciation for the support we give to them. Here’s the message to which he refers, our April 18 meeting: Len Wass,...
United States congressman Bill Foster celebrated this Easter weekend in Aurora. Local elected officials and constituents joined the congressman for the grand opening of his new district office on Aurora’s West Side at 2000 W. Galena Boulevard, Suite 303. The new office marks a move from his longtime office on...
By John & Nisha Whitehead Let’s talk about fake news stories, shall we? There’s the garden variety fake news that is not really news so much as it is titillating, tabloid-worthy material peddled by anyone with a Twitter account, a Facebook page and an active imagination. These stories run the...
April 13 Disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission. Astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise had left Earth two days earlier for the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon, but...
