Elected officials and Aurora Mayor’s Office staff members honored more than 50 administrative professionals at City Hall recently in honor of National Administrative Professionals Day.
Guests claim free groceries and household products March 9 at a mobile food pantry distribution by Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry at Aurora Public Library Eola Branch.
Open Roads ABATE members, from left, Patty Martin, Sam Mataya, Sharyl Mataya, and Frank Lorang, get ready to board the train during the Train Run out of Aurora April 8 sponsored by Open Roads ABATE of IL, Inc..
New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora, will be host to acclaimed Chicago-based Orion Ensemble in a May 14 “Schubertiad” concert to celebrate the work of Franz Schubert. The concert will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14. Tickets are $30 for adults. Concluding its 30th anniversary
Women Veterans’ Conference Sisterhood of Service will be a weekend with fellow women veterans for networking, information sessions, resource fair, health & wellness programs and much more. It will take place June 2-June 4 at the Hyatt Lodge Oak Brook Chicago, 2815 Jorie Boulevard, Oak Brook. Registration for the Women
As part of its mission to build an inclusive community that values diversity, the City of Naperville announces the next event in the Embrace Naperville series – The Power of Connection: AAPI Voices & Community, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at the 95th Street Library, 3015
Artwork will be on display in venues in St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 3. The Arts Ramble is a collaborative effort between the Fine Line Creative Arts Center and the St. Charles Arts Council. “The Fox River Arts Ramble began in 2017
The Geneva History Museum, 113 S. Third Street in Geneva, will explore the history of Geneva High School’s Viking mascot at noon Tuesday, May 9. Continuing the museum’s Brown Bag noontime series, “The History of Geneva Vikings” will be presented by museum educator Heidi Howlett. Admission is free. Reservations are
By Bobby Narang With 16 wins in the first 19 games, the Lyons High School baseball team is on the track toward one of its primary goals. Competing in one of the toughest conferences this season, the Lions (16-3, 9-3) reside in first place in the West Suburban Silver. Behind
By Woodrow Carroll When the Seattle Seahawks selected Illinois defensive back Devon Witherspoon with the No. 5 pick in last weekend’s National Football League (NFL) draft, it made him the highest Illinois player drafted since the Fighting Illini’s Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice went No. 2 and No. 3 in
Spring, May specifically, is an excellent time of the year for sports, high schools through the varied professional ranks. The least written the better for Chicago professional baseball teams, the especially the Chicago White Sox who are receiving a great deal of advice from many corners. How much the National
In honor of Arbor Day the two Rotary Clubs in Aurora, April 28, Aurora Noon and Aurora Sunrise, planted a white oak tree in Rotary Park. Rotary Park is on the corner of Orchard Road and Prairie Street.
Volunteers in West Chicago clean up the trails, in spite of the inclement weather.
Salt, table salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, has a history that stretches back millennia. It’s mentioned in several old texts, including the Bible, and it would be rare to find anyone who doesn’t know what it is and what it’s used for. In most of our history, salt has been on
Congressman Sean Casten (Ill.-06) and congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (Va.-07) introduced legislation, Monday, May 1, to combat the increased use and proliferation of dangerous gun conversion devices. The Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act would help tackle the ongoing gun violence epidemic by requiring federal law enforcement to coordinate efforts to prevent
By Jenna Braasch and Chris Evans Illinois is home to beautiful wild spaces, but invasive species are a growing threat in our forests, lakes, backyards, and agricultural fields. Invasive species pose a serious threat to native species and natural ecosystems and cost the country billions of dollars to combat. Two
At its April 27, meeting, the Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners honored Josh McBroom for his four years of service as a Park commissioner. Board president Mary Gibson thanked commissioner McBroom for his diligent work and involvement to help guide the District in its good stewardship and in the
May 4 Haymarket massacre. A bomb is thrown when Chicago police start to break up a rally for strikers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. A riot erupts, and 11 police and strikers die, mostly from gunfire, and scores more are injured. – 1886. In Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen
By John & Nisha Whitehead Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government. Although the right to speak out against government wrongdoing is the quintessential freedom, every day in
By Andrew Adams As Illinois considers ways to achieve its goal of relying entirely on clean energy by 2050, one technology that has courted controversy is carbon capture. Carbon capture is a method whereby carbon dioxide, a common greenhouse gas, is placed in long-term storage, usually by injection into wells
