Joe Sustersic, West Aurora High School social studies teacher and head boys soccer coach, has been named West Aurora Gordon Kerkman Coach of the Year by his peers! Sustersic led the School’s boys soccer team to an 18-0 record the most recent season. Additionally, he has been recognized as the...
David Dial of Naperville, Aurora University (AU) associate professor and chairman of criminal justice, recently was honored as Aurora University’s 2020 Marcus and Mark H. Trumbo award-winner for excellence in teaching. Nominated by students and fellow faculty members, the Award is the University’s most prestigious faculty recognition. Dial, former Naperville...
Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club awards three, $1,000 scholarships at its June 2 meeting.
Batavia Chamber of Commerce's Inspire 2021 Thursday, May 20 pays honors to the 2020 Batavia Citizen of the Year, Bob Hansen, along with a myriad of other awardees.
Sara Williams, center, receives a surprise Sunday, with gifts in an advance celebration of Administrative Professionals Day Wednesday, April 21.
For the 22nd time, Edward Jones is named one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For by Great Place to Work and Fortune Magazine. Edward Jones took the No. 20 spot on the prestigious list. Great Place to Work, a global people analytics and consulting firm, analyzed responses...
The Naperville Fire Department is proud to announce that Stephen Shink has become the first Captain and the Department’s only current line officer to be credentialed as a Fire Officer through the Center for Public Safety Excellence and The Commission on Professional Credentialing. This accomplishment follows the achievement of several...
There was a salute, a tribute, and a thank you. The focal point was the service rendered by Herschel Luckinbill of Montgomery to military veterans for nearly 20 years. The Navy veteran, see below, was the primary mover and president of the Fox Valley Breakfast Club. The organization was started...
Marmion Academy in Aurora is proud to announce that seniors Ryan Bennett of Sugar Grove and Nicholas Wilson of North Aurora have been named finalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Bennett and Wilson are among the top 15,000 high school students nationwide who were awarded the distinction...
Two West Aurora High School students have won Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Flight Academy Scholarships worth approximately $20,000 each. Scholarship winners are WAHS juniors and AFJROTC cadets Ryan Harvey of North Aurora and Matt Leslie of Aurora. Leslie was originally named as an alternate for the scholarship....
Aurora Christian High School's senior guard/forward, Anna Griffin, poses with an inscribed game ball after scoring her 1,500th point Thursday, Feb. 11.
The Naperville Fire Department is proud to announce its entire chief officer staff members have achieved, or are, actively working toward the Chief Fire Officer designation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence and The Commission on Professional Credentialing. This prestigious designation recognizes excellence among fire service personnel at the...
The Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) announced at its annual conference, January 28, that Naperville Park District’s 95th Street Community Plaza won the Outstanding Park Award for Division II, which includes Illinois park districts with operating budgets of $5 million or more. The 95th Street Community Plaza opened in...
Aurora's Julia Bond poses with her first-place trophy from the 2021 Professional Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame Classic at Arlington, Texas.
The Naperville Park District was one of two agencies to be honored by the DuPage Monarch Project for its commitment to protect the monarch butterfly January 19. Naperville Park District received the Pat Miller Community Engagement Award for its educational outreach and for involving residents in planning and planting monarch...
During the 36th Annual MLK Ceremony on the city government of Aurora's Facebook Live presentation, four community advocates received the Donna J. Williams MLK Day Service Award.
More than 14,000 votes were cast for the 2020 Best of the Fox’ Awards for Aurora, and two City-run landmarks earned the top prizes. For the second consecutive year, Philips Park Golf Course edged Orchard Valley and the Aurora Country Club to win the Best Golf Course category. In the...
Quilts of Valor were the focus December 24 for military veterans.
Eleven Aurora area high school students have received Aurora Rotary Club’s 2020 Ted Brattin Youth Service Awards. Gretchen Timm, Rotary Club of Aurora president, said “These annual awards recognize Fox Valley area students, 14 to 19 years of age, who have exhibited qualities of citizenship, service, and leadership through activities...
The Fox Valley Park District has been honored as an Illinois Distinguished Accredited Agency by the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA). The two Statewide associations administer the Illinois Distinguished Accreditation program with the goal of improving the delivery of park and...
