Year: 2025

Reader’s Commentary: Democrats against audit, DOGE to root out wasteful spending

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda The Democrats, along with Chuck “Chucky Cheese” Schumer, “Wayne’s World” Johnson and Charles “The Sponge” Coddington, yell from the rooftops DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) should stop investigations into how our hard earned tax dollars are spent. They don’t want the IRS, Treasury, or Pentagon audited

NIU men and women basketball teams at key part of season

By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team hits a key part of its schedule in the final days of February. The Northern Illinois Huskies, who faced Mid-American Conference leader Akron Tuesday, are riding the hot play of Quentin Jones. Leading the MAC in scoring at 16.5 points,

High school boys basketball schedule Feb. 20-24; results Feb. 11-17

Thursday, Feb. 20Fox ValleyCrystal Lake Central at Jacobs, 7West Suburban GoldWillowbrook at Downers Grove South, 6:30Non-conferenceBartlett at Marmion, 7Oswego at Christ the King, 4Parkview Christian at Wheaton Academy, 7:30Westminster Christian at IMSA, 7 Friday, February 21DuPage ValleyWaubonsie Valley at DeKalb, 7Fox ValleyCary-Grove at Burlington Central, 7Crystal Lake S. at Hampshire,

Kendall County’s Fight to Retain the Lincoln Highway

When the private Lincoln Highway Association laid out the nation’s first improved coast-to-coast highway, its route from Plainfield to Aurora zigzagged through northeastern Kendall County’s Oswego Township on existing country roads. When plans to pave the highway in the 1920s were being made, Naperville made a strong case to run

Lawsuits with Donald Trump Administration stretching Illinois resources

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined yet another multistate lawsuit against the Donald Trump Administration, this time over its decision to slash funding for university research grants through the National Institutes of Health. It was at least the fourth such

Former Illinois governor Blagojevich receives pardon

By Hannah Meisel & Bridgette FoxCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 corruption counts, including for his attempt to sell president-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat in 2008 – and who holds the distinction

Black History Month: A History of Negro Spirituals

New England Congregational Church in Aurora celebrated Black History Month with “A History of Negro Spirituals through Word and Song” Sunday afternoon. The event featured vocalist and music educator Ina Allen of Bolingbrook, a freelance performer and vocal teacher and coach at Bolingbrook and Romeoville high Schools. She was accompanied