The Windmill City Festival carnival is coming back to Batavia’s Riverwalk, July 8-10! The carnival fun on Houston Street, along with tasty food and beverages, live musical entertainment, several competitions, games, and activities for all ages. What began as a sidewalk sale in 1956 known as Boo Boo Days, has
Frida Fest will be held in downtown Aurora Sunday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. The new event welcomes friends and families to spend the afternoon enjoying artwork, presentations, and karaoke. On Water Street Mall, there will be activities for all ages. Frida Fest will celebrate the life
Marie Wilkinson’s legacy of fighting hunger for community neighbors is at the forefront of the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry (MWFP), and a recent donor gift has made that mission even more possible. Friend of the MWFP, Joseph Izzo, formed a nonprofit called RationAll Food Rescue, where he rescued food from
By Bobby Narang Yorkville Christian High School senior guard David Douglas, Jr. is a player on the rise this Summer. Douglas learned all the ins and outs of becoming an elite player last season. He watched former teammate Jaden Schutt become one of the top players in the country last
By Woodrow Carroll The media and concerned others were recently informed that Sandwich High School would not be fielding a varsity football team in the Fall. The stated reason was the poor turnout among junior and senior class students to leave the football program short of numbers. In the past,
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the area from noon to 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, July 5. With the heat index, temperatures can dangerously reach up to 110 degrees. The City of Aurora is advising residents to take necessary precautions to stay safe and has re-opened
Sports covers all seasons all the time: • Women’s professional basketball with the first-place Chicago Sky is in the middle of its season, led by Candace Parker a Naperville Central High School graduate and polished profession in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). • Another Winter sports in July: Although
By Al Benson Vintage vehicles of all makes and models were showcased in Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84’s 13th annual LaSalle Street Historic Auto Show Sunday, July 3, in downtown Aurora. A color guard of Post 84 veterans posted American and MIA flags prior to the national anthem and remarks
The Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club passes the Charter! On the evening of June 29 at the Cheshire Club House in Prestbury, Joe Kosner, left, out-going president of the Rotary Club, passes the Club’s Charter to Ryan Ivemeyer, right, in-coming president, for the year 2022-2023.
The League champion Plano “Lady Reapers” 12U softball team was honored by Plano mayor Mike Rennels at the City’s inaugural Midweek Music concert event Wednesday, June 29.
Popular for decades, the Doris Day song, “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)”, speaks directly to a belief system that many people want to disagree with. There’s a deeply-held trust that everything is caused by something else, often referred to as cause-and-effect. It appears that way, but what
The greater Aurora area historically has been one of the largest settlements of Luxembourgers in the United States. Aware of it, Luxembourg’s Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich will the visit the Aurora area Tuesday, Aug. 2. It will be the first visit of Cardinal Hollerich to Aurora and it will be connected
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will join 95.9 The River, asking for community support to ensure no one goes hungry in the Fox Valley this Summer. One in eight children in Illinois faces hunger. Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry is combining its two largest fundraising events, Radiothon and Gala. and
Residents at Covenant Living at the Holmstad, a senior living community in Batavia, are excited to be host to a tour their gardens from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16. It is in conjunction with the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners as part of their annual garden tour event
Eight months ago, a tragic event at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas took the life of 21-year-old Naperville resident and University of Dayton senior, Franco Patino. In his memory, Dayton students, family, and friends will hold a fundraising event to support the Franco Patino Memorial Endowed Fund for students
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Imagine living in a country where armed soldiers crash through doors to arrest and imprison citizens merely for criticizing government officials. Imagine that in this very same country, you’re watched all the time, and if you look even a little bit suspicious, the
July 7 Mary Harris “Mother” Jones begins “The March of the Mill Children”, when, accompanied part of the way by children. She walked from Philadelphia to president Theodore Roosevelt’s home on Long Island, N.Y. to protest the plight of child laborers. One of her demands: Reduce the children’s work week
I recently went looking for a nugget and found a gold mine. Let me explain. I visited the website of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum a few weeks ago to track down information on a former Illinois lawmaker from its oral history collection. I emerged several hours later
Fox Valley Brass Band members stand for John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” Sunday, June 26, the finale in a salute to great brass music and America at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
By Al Benson After 41 years, William “Bill” Poss of Aurora closed his Aurora restaurant for the last time Sunday, June 26. Poss, owner of Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora, closed his business–a pizza/pasta restaurant with bar, game room, laser tag arena ,and Sunday church service site–due to
