Congressional representative Sean Casten (IL-06) recently announced that approximately $94 million in new federal funding under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will go to Illinois to make much-needed improvements to O’Hare and Midway airports. O’Hare is set to receive $73,672,455, and Midway will receive $20,245,396. “Thanks to the
Twelve days after Christmas, January 6 marks the official celebration of Three Kings Day, or Día de los Reyes Magos, a popular holiday in Latin American and European cultures. The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is offering a Celebration of Three Kings Day Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. Registration is required
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra invites the public to two free, educational, discussions about the composers and music featured in its upcoming concerts. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 at noon ESO flutist Scott Metlicka will discuss Wagner’s “Flying Dutchman WW63,” Clara Schumann’s “Piano Concerto in A Minor,” and Brahm’s “Symphony No. 2
As the days count down to 2022, they are counting down to the end of Big Timber Brilliance Holiday Light Show in Elgin. The mile-long, professionally illuminated walking trail will end Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. It is just off I-90 at Camp Big Timber in Elgin at 37W955 Big Timber
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the February 4, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
Russ George, left, Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora president, presents a $500 check to John Jaros, Aurora Historical Society executive director and Mary Clark-Ormond, society president.
Volunteers Olivia Morton of Montgomery and Bill Collins, Naperville, load a patron’s vehicle with gifts Wednesday, Dec. 22, at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry. In a drive-thru giveaway,
By Woodrow Carroll The University of Wyoming football program should say “thanks” to the Mid-American Conference (MAC). In a season of COVID uncertainty and other concerns, the Wyoming Cowboys closed out the this season with a final record of 7-6 which was capped off by a 52-38 victory over Kent
Monday, Dec. 27Non-conferenceYork 64, Timothy Christian 46 Thursday, Dec. 23Metro Suburban BlueAurora Christian at Timothy Christ., 6 Wednesday, Dec. 22Non-conferenceBurlington Cen. 82, Rockford Luth. 78, otDeKalb 69, Dunlap 55Geneva 61, Metea Valley 55Hinckley-Big Rock 65, Pecatonica 60Lisle 46, Aurora Central 25Plano 79, Somonauk 63Wheaton-Warr. South 59, Dyett 27Yorkville Christian 94,
By Bobby Narang Through the first six weeks of the high school basketball season, Glenbard West High School has established itself as one of the best teams in the State. The Hilltoppers are defeating teams with ease, making good teams look bad in compiling victory after victory. But Glenbard West’s
By Craig Lynch Batavia High School boys basketball forward Ethan Ivan is a 6-7 senior who recently committed to play basketball for Division II University of Wisconsin Parkside. Monday he showed why he was worthy of his scholarship when he scored 34 points in Batavia’s 74-66 overtime victory over Stagg
In spite of the holiday season that just arrived, the 2022 baseball season is just around the corner for the Aurora University baseball team. The Spartans will enter the 2022 season as the sixth-ranked program in NCAA Division III, according to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll released December 21. The
Limited space here, therefore short bursts and quick comments in the whirl of sports: • High school basketball tournaments this year, even with intermittent cancellations because of COVID-19, remain superior to last year. Simply: The Christmas holiday tournaments one year ago were nearly all canceled. Most tournaments have done their
The Fox Valley Special Recreation Association (FVSRA) in Aurora is a partner with Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association in DeKalb, Lincolnway Special Recreation Association in New Lenox, and Variety the Children’s Charity of Illinois in Downers Grove to provide a free wheelchair basketball clinic. Anyone ages 3-22 with a physical impairment
King David Simpson, left, leads a toast with queen Kerry Griswold, right at West Aurora High School music department’s 34th annual Madrigal concerts Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 18-19, at the royal banquet hall (West cafeteria).
An Aurora University handbell ringer performs Sunday, Dec. 5, at the music department’s annual Christmas concert, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” in Crimi Auditorium.
A girl uses American Sign Language to “talk” holiday wishes with Santa, Dan Basalone of Lisle, at a 15th annual pizza party Thursday, Dec. 16, by Aurora Noon Lions Club for Aurora-area deaf and hearing-impaired kids.
By Ken Johnson Once holidays are over, the Christmas trees tend to come down. Instead of hauling this year’s tree to the dump or having the city pick it up, consider repurposing it in your landscape. University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Ken Johnson said one popular use for Christmas
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead It feels as if government Grinches, corporate Scrooges, and cancel culture humbugs, have been working overtime to drain every last drop of joy, kindness, and liberty from the world. After endless months of gloom and doom, it can be hard to feel the
December 30 In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, which comprises a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation, divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics. Known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the
