Year: 2026

Naperville Central baseball takes fourth in Class 4A

By Bobby Narang The Naperville Central High School baseball team walked away from the final weekend of the season with a satisfied, yet inspired look. The Naperville Central Redhawks lost both of their games at the Class 4A State tournament in frustrating fashion, but they earned the program’s third State

Reader’s Voice: Escape from tyranny, legal immigrant’s love letter to America

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda We crossed over the Austrian/Hungarian border having successfully evaded Soviet border guards, snipers, and land mines a little more than a month before our arrival into New York harbor January 7, 1957. We traveled two weeks crossing over the small pond called the Atlantic, a body

America: Home of the policed, surveilled, and occupied

By John & Nisha Whitehead “I love the inflation.”—Donald Trump (June 2026) America has become an occupied nation. Not by one invading army, but by many occupying powers: the police state, the surveillance state, the war state, the corporate state, the foreign influence machine, and a ruling class that treats

Pritzker’s wins come with caveats: BUILD, megaprojects bills stall

By Brenden MooreCapitol News Illinoisbmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com Over his 7½ years in office, governor JB Pritzker has largely gotten his way in the Democratic-supermajority Illinois General Assembly. As he campaigns for a third term as Illinois’ chief executive and weighs a possible 2028 Democratic presidential bid, Pritzker emerged from the spring legislative

Resident at Plum Landing in Aurora turns 103 years

Jennie Colosi turned 103 years June 6, and Plum Landing honored the milestone with a heartfelt celebration June 5. The Aurora Public Library surprised her with a gift basket and brought their mascot Rory to join the festivities, while guests enjoyed teacup bouquets with bookmark centerpieces—an ode to Jennie’s love

Illinois seeks to rebuild two Crest Hill prisons

By Jenna SchweikertCapitol News Illinoisjschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com The Illinois Department of Corrections is officially planning to rebuild both Logan and Stateville correctional centers in Crest Hill, dashing locals’ hopes that the State would rebuild Logan at its current Lincoln location. The Friday, June 5, announcement comes two years after government JB Pritzker

Hanson, Holmes, end-of-session community town hall in Geneva

State representative Matt Hanson, D-Montgomery, will co-host an end-of-session community town hall with State senator Linda Holmes Monday, June 15 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Geneva Public Library, 227 S 7th St., Geneva. Interested parties can register for the town hall at https://tinyurl.com/24hwe4wk. “I look forward to

Diabetes Club of Fox Valley to participate in Aurora Farmers Market, June 13; Diabetes Club holds successful golf outing fundraiser

By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley held their fourth annual “Tee Off to Defeat Diabetes” Golf Outing, Saturday, June 6, at Bliss Creek Golf Course, 1 Golf View Road, in Sugar Grove. With rain in the forecast and temperatures expected to be in the high