By Bobby Narang The high school baseball season is rounding into the final week of the regular season. Two-time defending Class 3A State champion Nazareth Academy is one of the leading teams in the State. Blessed with a lineup full of college-level players, along with a stellar pitching staff, the
By Woodrow Carroll It is enjoyable to take a look at the best regular-season records in Major League Baseball, then check to see how well the teams did in the postseason. Memorable as these regular-season campaigns may have been, ultimate success is in championships aka a World Series trophies. Both
The Chicago Cubs are on a run to stay in competition for a playoff berth. Through Monday this week, the Cubs’ record was 21-15, a percentage of .583. That winning percentage will keep the team right at the top of the National League Central Division with the Milwaukee Brewers. The
Aurora Lions Club officials present Family Focus Aurora staffers with a $500 check May 2.
Fox Valley Career Center students who recently passed their computer technology testing at Kane ROE
Reverend Tammy Scott, standing center, supervises a seed planting workshop at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora May 2.
Aurora University’s Caitlin Cron (19) moves the ball against Beloit College’s Johanna McNair (16) in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship tournament Saturday, May 4.
An Aurora University student’s mortar board celebrates 2024 spring commencement exercises Saturday, May 4.
The St. Charles Arts Council (SCAC) will hold the following programming for the rest of this year: •Monthly Artist Coffee Talk events: Artists meet on the third Tuesday each month at 10 a.m. at the St. Charles Public Library. This event is open to all and not restricted to SCAC
A check is presented from the proceeds of Aurora Lions Club’s Pancake Breakfast to Our Lady of Good Faith Church in Aurora.
Kane County Cougars hold annual media day baseball workouts Monday, May 6 at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.
It was a busy day with packed goods from the Aurora Spring electronics recycling drive thru at the Route 59 train station Saturday, May 4.
May 9 U.S. president Woodrow Wilson issues a presidential proclamation that officially establishes the first National Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers. – 1914. May 10 Thanks to an army of thousands of Chinese and Irish immigrants, who laid 2,000 miles of track, the Nation’s first transcontinental railway line
By John & Nisha Whitehead The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism. The American people, the permanent underclass in America, have allowed themselves to be so distracted and divided that they have failed to notice the building blocks of tyranny being laid down right under
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association donates $450 to Salvation Army Aurora Corps Monday, May 7.
The spirit of giving was alive and well in Montgomery as the Montgomery Rotary Club announced a generous donation of $1,000 to Boulder Hill Elementary School Library. This donation not only demonstrates the club’s commitment to education but also underscores their dedication to serving the local community. The donation was
Old Duffers’ memories ordinarily go way back, especially those with a sports history. Focus today is perspective in sports history with a family emphasis. No, not 1974, or, 1984, however, more recently. Candace Parker, a 16-year veteran of women’s professional basketball, as an accomplished player, Sunday morning his week at
Naperville native Kenneth Madsen said border patrol units have been overwhelmed by sheer numbers of immigrants approaching the southern border. Madsen, director, Chicago Asylum Office of Department of Homeland Security, addressed the Tuesday, April 16, Navy League Aurora Council 247 monthly dinner meeting at Riverview Diner in Montgomery. He presented
By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com In 1977, then-president Jimmy Carter signed into law the Community Reinvestment Act, a federal law that sought to wipe away the last vestiges of racial discrimination and redlining in America’s home mortgage industry. The idea was simple. By requiring lenders – primarily banks – to
