Mayor of Aurora, John Laesch honored a community member who ran the entirety of the Mississippi River this summer, raising more than $12,000 for childhood cancer research. Grant Bell is an Aurora resident, Makerspace manager at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), avid runner, and running coach. He was
Celebrating fall move-in day, new Aurora University students pack the bleachers in Thornton Gym for a group photo.
Friday, Sept. 4Chicagoland Christian*Chicago Christian at Wheaton Academy, 7 p.m.St. Edward at Aurora Christian, 7 p.m.DuKaneBatavia at Glenbard North, 7 p.m.St. Charles North at Geneva, 7 p.m.Wheaton North at Lake ParkKishwaukee RiverPlano at Sandwich, 7:15 p.m.Southwest Prairie EastJoliet West at Joliet Central, 6:30Plainfield East at Plainfield Central, 7 p.m.Plainfield South
We haven’t heard much about the Canadian wildfires sending smoke our way recently. That story has kind of headed to the back burner. But we Americans should not overlook how the Canadian smoke pollution pushed our own homemade air pollution out of our skies. Admittedly, we can’t blame the fires
A Santori Aurora Public Library program looked back in time August 25, with a presentation on prohibition in Aurora. Ethan Mikolay, staff librarian, chronicled “Aurora’s Temperance Movement,” recounting local initiatives from their earliest days in 1837 through the end of prohibition in 1933. Visitors gathered before 7 p.m. in a
The Naperville Jaycees’ Last Fling, a family-friendly community festival, will take place Labor Day Weekend, September 4-7 along Jackson Avenue, between Ewing Street and Main Street in Downtown Naperville. The Last Fling will offer a wide variety of attractions for all ages to enjoy including: Music, food and beverage vendors,
Cocoa is a female Labrador Retriever who is 12 years old. Despite her age, Cocoa still has a serious pep in her step — and plenty of strength to keep up on short adventures! Cocoa is currently learning leash manners since she’s a strong girl who sometimes struggles to contain
By John & Nisha Whitehead What began publicly as Donald Trump’s lavish, taxpayer-funded vision of a gilded White House ballroom is now being justified by the administration—in and out of court—as a matter of national security. To president Trump, it seems, a ballroom by any other name is a bunker.
September 3 The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France sign the Treaty of Paris. – 1783. A three-day hostage crisis at a Russian school comes to a violent conclusion after a gun battle erupts between the 32 hostage-takers
