By Woodrow Carroll The city of Joliet has a long history of minor league baseball. True, the Major League Baseball product in Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox probably is foremost in the minds of most Will County residents. Still, pro teams at different levels have made their marks in
Both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs, are flailing in a six-month 162-game schedule and each is not a sprint. Endurance is the watch word. •Given the end of the school year at hand, school sports likely should be addressed. Boys volleyball has gained predominance is recent years within
Ryan Anderson, senior, Marmion Academy, second place Class 2A
A boy throws out the first pitch on opening day of Aurora Neighborhood Baseball League Saturday at M.L. King Park in Aurora.
Aurora, Oswego, Batavia, and Geneva churches will band together for Aurora’s fifth annual Pride Day celebration Sunday, June 9. Prior to the parade at noon, New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora, will be host to a pancake breakfast and interfaith worship service. Events will open at
State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) is proud to announce the passage of groundbreaking legislation aimed at easing the financial burden on disabled veterans who need to modify their homes to accommodate their disabilities. Senate Bill 2751, which Kifowit sponsored, received unanimous support in the House, where it passed May 15.
At the May 23, meeting, the Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners approved the naming of the synthetic turf field at Knoch Park, “Wintrust Athletic Field.” The Park Board approved the naming by resolution following a 60-day consideration period required by the Park District’s policies, which began March 14. Earlier
They called him the grunt padre. Fr. Vince Capodanno, a distinguished Maryknoll missionary, priest and Navy Catholic chaplain, was known for joining Marines (grunts) heading into combat. Fr. Capodanno was profiled Tuesday by guest speaker Army Lt. Col. Mark Helms (Ret.) at Navy League Aurora Council 247’s May meeting at
By John & Nisha Whitehead The police state does not want citizens who know their rights. Nor does the police state want citizens prepared to exercise those rights. This year’s graduates are a prime example of this master class in compliance. Their time in college has been set against a
May 30 At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, France, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy. – 1431. Former U.S. president William Howard Taft dedicates the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington Mall. At the time, Taft was serving as
By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com It’s been four years since some of the worst scenes of COVID-19 played out in locked-down nursing homes during the early months of the pandemic. But while most of the world has moved on, the nursing home industry is still reeling from COVID, which exacerbated
By Dilpreet RajuCapitol News Illinoisdraju@capitolnewsillinois.com In the middle of Mental Health Awareness Month, Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton hosted a panel in Springfield this week at which he pledged to expand the state’s behavioral health services. With several dozen services providers from around the state in attendance,
Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross, left, is joined by Richard Irvin, Aurora mayor, to present special flags to active officers during the National Police Week ceremony.
Holidays are important. In some variation, all holidays carry significance and to each person provide a meaningful understanding. Memorial Day originally started following the Civil War (1861-1865). A few years following the Civil War a huge number of survivors, many of them widows, decorated grave sites with flowers and memorabilia.
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, expressed disgust with the U. S. Census Bureau, at the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, May 21. Mayor Irvin made the following statement about the U.S. Census Bureau population estimates: “The most recent population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce was thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of Chamber member Zen Loft Collective, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, May 16. This new wellness center is in downtown Batavia at 103 E. Wilson St., 2nd Floor. Batavia Mayor Jeffery Schielke presided over the celebration with Zen
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are preparing for their second annual “Tee Off to Defeat Diabetes” Golf Outing. The outing is only four weeks away, held Friday, June 21, at Bliss Creek Golf Course, 1 Golf View Road in Sugar Grove, with a 1
Senior Fraud Awareness Day was May 15, and more than 200 Aurora senior citizens eagerly showed up for a special workshop presented by the FBI and the City of Aurora. Last year, the frequency of elder fraud crimes targeting Americans over 60 reached an alarming high, surpassing any previous year.
Aurora will celebrate the 156th anniversary of Memorial Day during the 2024 Aurora Memorial Day Parade held in honor of the brave men and women who paid the ultimate price and gave their lives for our country. With the theme “Remembrance and Respect,” the parade will step off at 10
