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
Northern Illinois University football player Kyle Pugh was named a semifinalist for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America in association with The Associated Press and the Fiesta Bowl organization December 14. Pugh, who played in five games season,
Marmion Academy senior Nicholas Coffman, son of Terry and Nicole Coffman of Aurora, is a recipient of the 2020 Ted Brattin Youth Service Award, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Aurora and the Navy League of the United States-Aurora Council. Ted Brattin was an Aurora businessman who was involved in
Johnny Kee, a World War II veteran Purple Heart recipient, celebrates his 100th birthday Saturday
The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley (CFFRV) is proud to introduce 21 high-achieving high schoolers filled with empathy for their community. Through the CFFRV’s new Youth Engagement in Philanthropy (YEP) program, these 21 Fox Valley area students, representing seven high schools, will work together virtually this year to
The Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce, the voice of and catalyst for business success in the Aurora region, was named the 2020 Outstanding Chamber of the Year in the large chamber category by the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (IACCE). The IACCE Outstanding Chamber of the Year Award
Stephanie Clay, right, photo below, receives a donation for her Special Stars program after giving a talk to the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club members October 7 at Mother’s Restaurant in Aurora.
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce announced this week that the this year’s 14th annual Donna Dallesasse Award winner is Harriet Parker, manager of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College. Each year, the Batavia Chamber holds a Harvest Celebration to gather community members to celebrate one Chamber
The Fox Valley Park District announced September 15 that it has received a “Best of the Best” award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts in the category of Best Green Practices. The District will be recognized at the Best of the Best Awards Gala, which will be held virtually
Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is excited to share it earned 13 nominations for 2020 Equity Jeff Awards, celebrating excellence in Equity theater productions during Chicago’s abbreviated 2019-2020 theater season. The nominations were announced Tuesday morning this week. Paramount’s blockbuster production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast took home six nominations, the
