Thursday, Jan. 8Rutgers at Illinois, 7:30 p.m., BTNNorthwestern at Michigan State, 5:30 p.m, BTNTennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+Tennessee State University at Western Illinois, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ Saturday, Jan. 10Clemson at Notre Dame, 5 p.m., ESPN2DePaul at UConn, 11:30 a.m.Loyola Chicago at George Washington, 2 p.m., CBSSNUIC at
A crowd gathers for a noon balloon drop during an annual Family New Year’s Eve Bash December 31 at the Fox Valley Park District’s Vaughn Center in Aurora.
West Aurora High School’s winter play will feature Arthur Miller’s classic drama “The Crucible.” Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 15-17, in the school auditorium, 1201 W. New York St. in Aurora. Director Sherry Becker said the two-act production with an intermission showcases a cast of 25
Remember the song by the band Chicago from 1975, America Needs You, Harry Truman? (It was only 50 years ago. Why wouldn’t you?) Harry was a guy who told it like it is (or was), had a sign stating, “The Buck Stops Here” on his desk, ended WWII, created NATO,
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Presidents, until recently, understood why immigration needed to be controlled. The reasons are easy to understand. Assimilation will not take place when immigration is done in mass. And when immigrants of a culture live together in one area of a city or state, they will continue
Bandit is a male cattle dog mix who is two years old. Bandit is good with other dogs, kids, cats, and both men and women. He is house-broken and crate-trained. Bandit is going to need a family who can be patient with him. He is not aggressive, just scared of
By John & Nisha Whitehead Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. In the year 2025 the government stopped pretending it was constrained by the Constitution—when executive power expanded openly and unapologetically, surveillance became ambient, dissent became dangerous, and the machinery of militarized government embedded itself
January 8 Crazy Horse and his warriors, outnumbered, low on ammunition, and forced to use outdated weapons to defend themselves, fight their final losing battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana. – 1877. The AFL Iron and Steel Organizing Committee ends the “Great Steel Strike.” Some 350,000 to 400,000 steelworkers
