Month: January 2024

Sports

Sports key on rivalries, excellence of play today

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Sports staples include hard work to yield championships and competition among bitter rivals. It exists at all levels from high schools through college at every level, and major league professional ranks. Examples are easily accessible and can include Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers; Chicago Major League baseball teams, such...

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Montgomery awards two heroic Police Officers, Lindholm and Karner

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Montgomery Police Chief Smith presented two Life Saving Awards at the Village Board meeting to Officers Lindholm and Karner for their heroic efforts resulting in saving the life of a resident suffering from cardiac arrest.

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Batavia Park District receives grant for Center

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Batavia Park District recently was awarded a grant from an Illinois Department of Natural Resources program that will help provide funds for renovations of the future Patrick J. Callahan Community Center building at 150 Houston Street in downtown Batavia. The IDNR Park and Recreational Facility Construction Act (PARC) grant program...

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Veterans

Public can find information for veterans February 2

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The public is invited to attend a no-cost event Friday, Feb. 2 to learn more about resources for veterans and browse veteran-owned businesses. The event will be held at Batavia VFW Post #1197, 645 South River Street in Batavia beginning at 10 a.m.. The resource fair and business showcase will...

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Arts Events

Academy of Arts at North Central

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Academy of the Arts, the west-suburban, non-profit academic- and art-focused school projected to open in fall 2025, will be host to its annual fundraising concert and gala Saturday, Feb. 24, at North Central College’s Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville. The theme will be “A Night On Broadway,” and special guest...

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Business Events

Batavia business incubator due Jan. 31

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Applications for the popular Batavia business incubator spaces are due by January 31. If you have a budding business and want to propel it to the next level, Batavia MainStreet invites you to apply for one of their 10 12×12 Batavia Boardwalk Shops spaces available. The cluster of tiny shops...

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Pets

Pet of the Week: Bridget: Easy going, couch potato

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Bridget is a female Lab/Hound mix who is approximately four years old. Bridget is an easy going, couch potato, who loves every person she meets. All she wants is love. She has done well with kids at adoption events. She may do best with older kids due to her being...

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History

A Focus on History: January 25 through January 31

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January 25 Sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women’s Rights convention. – 1851. At the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered. It is the largest diamond ever found, to weigh in at 1.33 pounds and the estimated price in today’s market would be approximately $400 million....

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Government

Internet shutdown could be imposed by government

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By John & Nisha Whitehead What’s to stop the U.S. government from throwing the kill switch and shutting down phone and internet communications in a time of so-called crisis? After all, it’s happening all over the world. Communications kill switches have become tyrannical tools of domination and oppression to stifle...

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Chicago Transit Authority “warming buses” are pictured idling outside the city’s “landing zone” facility where migrants are dropped off after being bused from Texas.
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Patchwork aid system and uncertain funding leave thousands of migrants in limbo

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Illinois allocated $160 million to migrant aid in November, more funding is ‘on the table’ By Andrew Adams Capitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Chicago – As Illinois faces sub-zero wind chills, thousands of recently arrived migrants are sleeping in precarious situations throughout Chicago and its suburbs – overcrowded shelters, police stations, former convenience...

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Illinois Governor-appointed board would have authority to cap drug costs
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Lawmakers introduce bill to create State prescription drug price oversight board

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Governor-appointed board would have authority to cap drug costs By Alex Abbeduto  Capitol News Illinois abbeduto@capitolnewsillinois.com  A new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would create a board of health care experts that would have the authority to set price limits on prescription medications.  House Bill 4472 was introduced Wednesday by...

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Gov. JB Pritzker shakes hands with Greg Keown, president of Wieland Rolled Products North America
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Governor JB Pritzker announces milestones for preschool program, industry development

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State inks new incentive deal for manufacturing plant, is ahead of schedule on pre-K growth By Cole LongcorCapitol News Illinoisclongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com The State on Wednesday announced it inked another tax incentive deal aimed at boosting manufacturing while Gov. JB Pritzker said his plan to add more preschool seats in early childhood...

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State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, is pictured at the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules hearing Tuesday in Springfield. The committee objected to proposed permanent rules governing the state’s assault weapons ban, although the ban and registration requirement remains in place. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
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Lawmakers clear path for assault weapon registration rules

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Some members record symbolic objection, saying rules are too vague and complicated By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Springfield – New permanent rules will soon go into effect spelling out how people who own assault weapons and related items that are now heavily regulated in Illinois can register them with the...

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Feature

From help with food to musical settings

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Frigid weather should not be a surprise to us in the northern part of Illinois section of the planet. January means cold weather. We have been blessed/suffered(?) with mild weather the last few years sufficient enough to have us endure chatter on global warming. We have not heard such talk...

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Aurora City Council considers new development

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By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council viewed details of a proposed mixed-use development at the southeast corner of Ogden Avenue and Farnsworth Avenue, across from Rush Copley Medical Center at the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 16. The residential portion would be developed with 70 detached, single-family...

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Reader’s Voice: Hamas, Hezbollah, condemned

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January 11, 2024Dear editor; A vote on the GOP-authored House Resolution 798, “condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff,” passed with 396 yes votes, 23 no...

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Community Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Caring for others helpful, possible

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January 11, 2024Dear editor; Happy New Year! Many of us, as we begin the new year, think about resolutions and goals for the year ahead. While you are doing this, consider taking a few minutes to think about what your philanthropic goals are for this year. Have you ever thought...

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