Month: January 2024

University of Illinois Men’s College Basketball January 2 – February 24

Tue, Jan. 2vs. Northwestern, W 96-66Fri, Jan. 5at Purdue, L 83-78Thu, Jan. 11vs. Michigan State, W 71-68Sun, Jan. 14vs. Maryland, L 76-67Thu, Jan. 18at Michigan, W 88-73Sun, Jan. 21vs. Rutgers, W 86-63Wed, Jan. 24at Northwestern, L 96-91, otSat, Jan. 27vs. Indiana, W 70-62Tue, Jan. 30, 6 p.m., Peacockat Ohio StateSun,

State will be a partner with Google to launch new portal for children’s mental health resources

By Dilpreet Raju For years, parents and providers have criticized what they see as a disorganized system for finding children mental health care in Illinois. State leaders are hoping a new partnership will change that. The Illinois Department of Human Services is partnering with Google to launch a new centralized

Stephanie Kifowit: Support for first responders, trade workers

Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) is taking a bold step to address the childcare needs of first responders, trade workers and other parents with non-traditional working hours. A bill introduced this week and sponsored by Kifowit aims to appropriate $1,000,000 to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for

Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley logo

Last chance: January 31 is the deadline to apply for more than $2 million in scholarships through the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

Local high school seniors, college, grad and trade students – teens and adults – are eligible for more than 200 scholarships, all via one app. Do you know someone in the Fox River Valley area who plans to attend college or trade school next year? Maybe you know an adult

City of Aurora Community Outreach Specialist Brian Moreno receives the Mayor’s MVP Award from Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin for his heroic actions this past weekend in protecting warming center guests from gunman.

Mayor of Aurora honors young City staff member for quick-thinking actions to secure guests from gunman at warming center

Mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin honored a young City staff member for his quick-thinking, calm, heroic actions this past weekend.  City of Aurora Community Outreach specialist Brian Moreno was presented the Mayor’s MVP Award, the highest award given to a City staff member, helping to secure guests from a

Solar energy company expands to the State

By Andrew Adams Boston-based Nexamp, a major player in the solar energy industry, is joining the growing list of renewable technology companies that have expanded to, or relocated to Illinois in recent months. Monday, Jan. 22 Nexamp announced its intention to spend $2 billion in Illinois, including building a second