By Woodrow Carroll The Northern Illinois men’s basketball program last week had the makings of one the best runs in a long time. Then was a difficult-to-fathom 87-69 home defeat at the hands of Ball State Saturday, Jan. 28. Prior to the defeat, Northern Illinois won four of five games.
Andrew High School’s, Austin Kulig shoots while guarded by Metea Valley’s Will Ashford, 22 and Jahki Gray, 1, Saturday, Jan. 28 at the 12th annual Ernie Kivisto Hoopfest at East Aurora High School.
Preparation is a relevant word in sports, whether for Super Bowl, freshman high school sports, or, midget-oriented, family-focus, fun. The next stage is in the thought process. Where do we go from here? Participants and fans can operate in the range from sheer joy to the agony and ecstasy as
Media unrelentingly blasts us with drug advertising. Most often, the drugs are referred to medicines, or treatments. In recent years we’ve been hearing about adjunct treatments – which generally means that there’s another drug that a person can take along with the drug(s) they already take, which might help the
By Al Benson She wasn’t French. She learned to be a chef at Paris’ cooking school. But for an hour Sunday, Jan. 29 late Julia “French chef” Child came alive at Batavia Public Library. With a Child-style wig and 1960s garb, Darien actress, author and historian, Leslie Goddard dramatically portrayed
The Quad County African American Chamber of Commerce (QCAACC) announced recently that it has re-launched its Women of Influence (WOI) auxiliary, according to the chairman of the Board of Directors Sherman Jenkins and Sandra Harrison, WOI chairwoman. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the QCAACC’s Annual Scholarship Jazz Brunch at the Hotel
This year is the return of eat-in Kumla Dinner, sponsored by Fern Dell Historic Association. The dinner is planned for Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Newark Fire House in Newark. Serving will begin at 4:30 p.m. and go to 6:30 p.m.. The dinner includes all you can eat Kumla (potato
The Oswego Downtown Association will hold the 6th Annual Chocolate Walk in downtown Oswego from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. Tickets are limited to 350 guests. No refunds. Ticket are available at tinyurl.com/2p95a86k. All guests will receive a canvas tote bag with this year’s logo on it
The 54th Annual Band Booster Pancake Breakfast will take place from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 in the high school cafeteria. Advance ticket sales are $5 per person and $6 per person at the door. There will be performances throughout the morning from the High School Jazz
February 2 Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa.. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of Winter weather; no shadow means
By John & Nisha Whitehead It takes a special kind of evil to both promote prostitution and traffick a child for sex, and yet this evil walks among us every minute every day. Consider: Every two minutes, a child is bought and sold for sex. Hundreds of young girls and
With the forecasted frigid weather over the next week, the City of Aurora will activate its centrally-located overnight temporary warming center for one week to provide a safe, warm space for those in need.The Aurora Transportation Center, 233 N. Broadway, will open as a warming center each night from 7
By Peter Hancock Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday filed a petition asking an appellate court to vacate a temporary restraining order that was issued late Friday Jan. 20 to block enforcement of the State’s recently-passed assault weapons ban. Raoul’s office filed the petition in the 5th District Appellate Court
Musicians at the Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet Friday, Jan. 20 who helped to dedicate Gigantar, the largest hand-made guitar….
By Mavis Bates The Aurora GreenFest is back! Save the date for Saturday, May 13. After a three-year hiatus due to COVID, we are excited to present the 11th Annual Aurora GreenFest, and it’s going to be better than ever! The GreenFest will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By Al Benson The FBI came to Montgomery Tuesday, Jan. 17. A Chicago-based special agent gave an inside look at the agency at Aurora Navy League Council 247’s evening meeting at Riverview Diner in Montgomery. In after-dinner remarks, John J. Mroszczak presented “The Activities and Challenges of the FBI Chicago
Punxsutawney Phil time will be with us February 1. Woodstock in McHenry County takes it personally. The Woodstock town square and other sites offered portrayal of Phil’s hometown in Punxsutawney, Pa. in the movie Groundhog Day 30 years ago. The last 29 years Woodstock has celebrated its contributions to the
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council unanimously approved the appointment of James Birchall as chief Public Facilities officer and Derrick Winston as director of the Public Facilities Department at the Tuesday, Jan. 24 City Council meeting. Lama Norbu Samdup of the Buddhist Studies and Meditation Center in Aurora led
January 20, 2023Dear editor; The Rotary Club of Aurora Sunrise will be host to our 20th Annual Wine & Chocolate Extravaganza at the Stonebridge Country Club Saturday, March 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.. All proceeds benefit our community! Our evening’s theme will be “Imagine Rotary”, which is the
January 16, 2023Dear editor; Keep pressure on lawmakers to combat climate change. The news of storms and flooding hitting California in recent days is yet another wake-up call about the terrible social and economic costs of climate change. Rising temperatures with climate change causes the air to hold more moisture
