By Jerry Nowicki The Illinois State Board of Elections certified its election results Monday, Dec. 5 and put the final stamp on another Democratic Party sweep of statewide offices. The Board reported that 4,142,642 out of 8,115,751 registered voters cast ballots in the election, a turnout of roughly 51%. That’s
St. Edward High School’s Ben Zielinski, 20, drives between Harvest Christian defenders Kaden Meeker, 25, and Caleb Callahan, 30, at Aurora Christian’s 11th annual Burney Wilkie Classic Nov. 29.
By Bobby Narang York High School senior quarterback Matt Vezza made the most of his time on varsity. The York senior quarterback showed what he could do in the fourth game of his junior season last year by helping guide York to a difficult road victory over Downers Grove North.
By Woodrow Carroll Rashon Burno is back for his second season guiding the fortunes of the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team. Burno, who was graduated from DePaul University as a basketball team leader, was head coach at Marmion Academy in Aurora, 2007-2010. He will be challenged in his task
Championships are sports’ main focus. Yes, enjoy the process, enjoy the games, and find special rewards. Sportsmanship counts and always should be essential, however, the starting point is to earn championships. Two Division III college football teams, among the eight quarterfinalists remained in the hunt from our sports-minded area in
By Al Benson After 36 years of service to Oswego-based Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, manager Tom Muth of Aurora was honored at a retirement open house Friday, Dec. 2, his final day of service. Employees, friends, and family, gathered at Fox Metro’s administration building for the noon salute. Fox
Women at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora are hosts to a 17th annual cookie sale fundraiser. United Women in Faith (UWF), a women’s service group, is the sponsor. Emmy Lou John of Aurora, UWF president, said 20 church volunteer bakers are making 20 varieties of homemade cookies plus buttermints,
“Why did I sit there in the dark, drinking, being angry, when there was some body there who could help me?” Patrick asks himself when he looks back on his life since retiring from the U.S. Army. Over his nearly 28-year military career, Patrick served as a combat medic, a
The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club next will meet at 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Oswego American Legion Post 675, 19 W. Washington Street, Oswego. All veterans and guests are invited for breakfast and a brief program to follow.
Taps was played by a staff member from the Great Lakes Naval Station at the interment of Ken Van Kley of Montgomery at Spring Lake Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 6.
Naperville area residents and businesses are invited to save the date for the 2023 Community Job Fair set for Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Naperville Park District and KidsMatter will co-host the event. The Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fort Hill Activity Center in
Boots is a male Domestic Shorthair Brown Tiger who was born in October 2022. Boots is a precocious, silly, and sweet kitten. Always the first to run toward something new, but very laid back. He loves everyone including other cats and the dog at his foster home. He likes to
The American Legion Riders Post #181 from Sandwich raised funds for a monument to be dedicated to the men and women who served in the war on terrorism and the Middle East Conflict. The monument has been mounted and is on display in downtown Sandwich near the Gazebo. Dedication for
December 8 A fire at the Ring Theater in Vienna, Austria, kills between 620 and 850 individuals and injures hundreds more when a stagehand lighted a row of gas lights, but inadvertently ignited some prop clouds over the stage. The stage managers panicked and shut off the gas which turned
By John & Nisha Whitehead The purpose of a good government is to protect the lives and liberties of its people. Unfortunately, we have gone so far in the opposite direction from the ideals of a good government that it’s hard to see how this trainwreck can be redeemed. It
Approximately 4,000 cars visited the opening weekend of the Aurora Festival of Lights, following the initial lighting Friday, Nov. 25 one day after Thanksgiving Day.
By Jerry Nowicki State lawmakers Tuesday, Nov. 29 announced a bipartisan plan to use State revenues to pay down the remaining $1.4 billion in debt taken on by the State’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the agreement is expected to move through the General Assembly
If you have a budding business and want to propel it to the next level, Batavia MainStreet invites you to apply for one of the 10 12×12 Batavia Boardwalk Shops spaces available. The cluster of tiny shops is on the southeast corner of Wilson and River Streets in Batavia. Applications
Aurora’s 71st annual Lehnertz Avenue drive-thru Christmas display will open Sunday, Dec. 12, and will run through January 7, 2023. The event will open with a blessing of the nativity crib on the northwest corner of Lehnertz Avenue and Ohio Street in Aurora. The display will run nightly from 5
