Month: April 2024

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Earth Day April 22 special for Aurora Public Library District program

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What do you do to celebrate Earth Day? Beyond an eco-friendly craft in elementary school, many of us traditionally do not celebrate it with much at all besides wearing green, or planting a tree, although those are great things to do. Recognized annually April 22, Earth Day is a time...

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Guard Gabe Sularski transfers to Lemont

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By Bobby Narang With the college basketball transfer portal in full swing, the high school basketball scene experienced a small seismic shift last weekend. The Benet Academy boys basketball team suffered a major blow in the offseason following the transfer of highly-ranked sophomore guard Gabe Sularski to Lemont. Sularski is...

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5 MLB franchises without World Series titles

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By Woodrow Carroll When the Texas Rangers won the World Series championship last season, the number of Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises without a World Series championship was reduced to five among the 30 MLB teams, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, and Tampa Bay Rays. Keep...

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Women’s college basketball Division I champions

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2024: South Carolina 87, Iowa 752023: LSU 103, Iowa 852022: South Carolina 64, UConn 492021: Stanford 54 , Arizona 532020: Canceled due to Covid-192019: Baylor 82, Notre Dame 812018: Notre Dame 61, Mississippi St. 582017: South Carolina 67, Mississippi St. 552016: Connecticut 82, Syracuse 512015: Connecticut 63, Notre Dame 532014:...

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College Basketball NCAA Men’s Division I tournament champions

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2024: UConn 75, Purdue 602023: UConn 76, San Diego State 592022: Kansas 72, North Carolina 692021: Baylor 86, Gonzaga 702020: Canceled due to COVID 192019: Virginia 85, Texas Tech 77, ot2018: Villanova 79, Michigan 622017: North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 652016: Villanova 77, North Carolina 742015: Duke 68, Wisconsin 632014: UConn...

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Baseball in the air; Final Four finds a flourish

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Baseball is in the air. The Chicago Cubs started with a competitive 6-3 won-loss record in the Central Division of the National League and two games in back of first-place Pittsburgh, 9-2. The Chicago White Sox have been hard-pressed to be competitive with a starting record of 1-9, three games...

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Focus on Forest Preserve of DuPage County

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By Jenny Donohue Geoffrey Baer of Channel 11 fame came out to speak about the History of the Forest Preserves Thursday, April 4 at Mayslake, Peabody Estate which is part of the Forest Preserve of DuPage County. Received by a sold-out audience to attend the impeccably prepared event at the...

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80th anniversary of Aurora’s Greater Mount Olive Church of God in Christ

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Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin (left) celebrates the 80th anniversary of Aurora's Greater Mount Olive Church of God in Christ by proclaiming the month of April in the church's honor.

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U.S. representative Underwood visits Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry

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U.S. representative Lauren Underwood (D-14) spoke at and toured Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora Thursday, April 4. She was on the second of two area visits to celebrate federal funding she secured for two local projects. Earlier in the day she visited Safe Passage in DeKalb. The Interfaith...

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra trumpeter John Hagstrom to perform at Aurora University April 10

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Aurora University’s music department will be host to Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal trumpet John Hagstrom in a recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. The concert will take place in Crimi Auditorium at the Institute for Collaboration, 1347 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are...

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Government Opinion

Life an inalienable right, government aside

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By John & Nisha Whitehead The government wants to play god. It wants the power to decide who lives or dies and whose rights are worthy of protection. Abortion may still be front and center in the power struggle between the Left and the Right over who has the right...

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A Focus on History: April 11 through April 17

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April 11 Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. – 1814. Approximately 25,000 marchers in Watsonville, Calif. show support for United Farm Workers organizing campaign among...

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Kiwanis Club of Aurora Pancake Day
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75th Annual Aurora Kiwanis Pancake Day Saturday, April 6

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Saturday, April 6, the Aurora and Fox Valley community are invited to Aurora Central Catholic High School, 1255 N. Edgelawn Dr. (corner Edgelawn & Indian Trail), Aurora, 8 a.m.-noon, for the “75th Kiwanis Pancake Day.” The Kiwanis Club of Aurora in its 108 th year presents this annual breakfast event...

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Prisoner Review Board controversy continues

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By Cole Longcor After two members of the State’s Prisoner Review Board (PRB) resigned last week following the release of a prisoner who then stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed her son, Republicans are again calling for reforms while governor JB Pritzker said he will order better training. The PRB voted...

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