Year: 2024

Sports

High school football playoffs: Semifinal schedule; quarterfinal results

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Schedule Class 8AGame 29: Loyola Academy (10-2) at Lincoln-Way East (12-0), Sat., Nov. 23, 6 p.m.Game 30: York (10-2) at Naperville Central (11-1), Sat., Nov. 23, 6 p.m.Class 7AGame 29: Batavia (11-1) at Lincoln-Way Central (9-3), Sat., Nov. 23, 5 p.m.Game 30: Chicago Mt. Carmel (9-3) at Chicago St. Rita...

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Aurora volunteers assemble 128 sandwiches for community

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Volunteers at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora made 128 sandwiches for hungry individuals in our area Saturday, Nov. 9. Let’s Go Fellowship, a church adult group, sponsored the project in a meeting at the church. Twenty-four volunteers made turkey and cheese and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that were...

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Plano Methodist Church and Plano American Legion Auxiliary Veterans Day Luncheon

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Plano Methodist Church and Plano American Legion Auxiliary honored our veterans and their families with a Veterans Day Luncheon November 11 at the Plano Methodist Church.

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Aurora University president named Notable Latino Leader

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Aurora University president Susana Rivera-Mills, Ph.D. has been included in Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Latino Leaders feature. John D. Ammons, Aurora board of trustees chair, made the announcement in an email to alumni. He said, “Crain’s Chicago Business, a leading regional publication known for its in-depth news and analysis, annually...

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Fox Valley Brass Band concert “Peace, Light and Joy!” Dec. 7

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Fox Valley Brass Band continues its 2024 concert series with “Peace, Light and Joy!” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora. Victor Anderson will direct the 31-member band in familiar carols and holiday favorites. Featured will be the music of...

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Oswego museum exhibit: Remembering Our Veterans

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Honor Oswego’s veterans from the Civil War through the 21st Century by visiting the Little White School Museum annual “Remembering our Veterans” special exhibit at the museum, 72 Polk Street (Jackson at Polk), just two blocks from historic downtown Oswego. This is the 18th year the museum has hosted the...

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Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship Nov. 24

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InterFaith Aurora will present its 16th annual “Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship” at New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m.. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Representatives of 17 congregations will present songs and reflections from diverse...

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Kane County bird watching walks

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The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will be host to a winter series of engaging bird watching walks, where participants can enjoy the beauty of the changing seasons while discovering the diverse birdlife inhabiting our forest preserves. Led by a Forest Preserve District naturalist, these walks will cover essential...

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Christmas decoration sale at Plano Church

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Christmas decorations will be for sale at Plano Methodist Church, 219 N. Hale Street, Plano, Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Choose from a large variety of Christmas decorations: Snowmen, Santas, ornaments, and lights. Donations will be accepted. For more information please call the church office on...

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Aurora Lions to ring bells Nov. 23

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Aurora Lions Club members will ring handbells for the Salvation Army Saturday, Nov. 23.Approximately 18 Aurora Lions will ring bells for SA’s Red Kettle campaign from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, outside Jewel-Osco, 1952 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora. Aurora SA Corps Major Joaquin Rangel said the...

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Open Roads Collecting Diapers

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Open Roads ABATE is collecting baby diapers and adult disposable underwear during the month of November. Containers to drop donations off are at Ivana’s, 12 W. Main Street, Plano; Cooper’s Home Furnishings, 112 W. Main Street, Plano; Heartland Bank, 200 E. Church Street, Sandwich; and Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game...

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Chip: Loyal dog, needs to be solo

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Chip is a male Hound who is six years old. Chip was adopted and is great with kids. However when another large dog was adopted in the home he became jealous and would not share and get into fights. Chip would thrive best in a sole dog household where he...

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Definition of tyranny: A dictatorship disguised as democracy

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By John & Nisha Whitehead Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of tyranny: a dictatorship disguised as democracy. When one party dominates all three branches of government,...

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A Focus on History: November 21-27

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November 21 The American inventor Thomas A. Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. – 1877. A Senate committee issues a report charging that U.S. government officials were behind assassination plots against two foreign leaders and were heavily involved in at least...

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Powerful message from former POW Jessica Lynch

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Former prisoner of war and U.S. Army Veteran Jessica Lynch shared how she has turned her pain into her purpose in Aurora on Veterans Day. Her heart wrenching yet inspiring story of her time as a prisoner of war in Iraq moved many in the crowd to tears and then...

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‘Millionaire tax’; Underground Railroad

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By Ben Szalinskiby A week after ballots were cast, former Illinois governor Pat Quinn said the November 5 election results show voters are willing to support a graduated income tax structure to provide property tax relief. Quinn, who left office in early 2015, made a stop at the Illinois Capitol...

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Early Thanksgiving: 140 in need celebrate with dinner

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Approximately 140 Aurora-area people in need celebrated an early Thanksgiving dinner Saturday, Nov. 9. “Feast of Hope,” a dinner with all the trimmings and winter-clothes giveaway, was co-sponsored by Lv Cares Foundation and Hand-in-Hand Humanity Haven, Inc., Aurora-based nonprofits. Sit-down and delivery dinner options were offered. LaVern Allen, Lv Cares...

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Kids collect sneakers for Aurora Lions’ recycling project

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Honors Society students at Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy in East Aurora School District 131 are helping Aurora Lions Club members collect sneakers for recycling. During October, society students collected 32 pairs of sneakers. Susan Koepke and Jay Short, Lions president and first vice president/co-service chair, respectively, visited the school to

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