The Kilts Foundation has awarded eight scholarships to Kendall County 2023 high school graduates for the 2023-2024 college year. The Foundation awarded four Continuing Scholarships from recipients in 2022. The scholarships range from $500 to $1,000 each. The Kilts Foundation was established under the will of Alverda Kilts following her...
By John Gallagher, Senior Task Force member Every year, the Senior Task Force chooses two seniors, one man and one woman, to recognize with the Senior of the Year Award as an honor for their selfless service. Every year we receive many nominations, and every year, and it is difficult...
The Aurora Puerto Rican Cultural Council was host to its annual Miss and Little Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Pageanted and named Taina Torres, 20, as its new Miss Puerto Rico and Leilani Velez, 10, as its new Little Miss Puerto Rico. Taina Torres, a senior at Aurora University, was named...
State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) has been selected as the 2022-2023 Outstanding House Legislator of the Year by the collective Posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Illinois. The prestigious award was presented to Representative Kifowit, who is an honorably discharged United States Marine Corps Veteran, during the Joint...
DuPage County has been honored with three Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents. The County received three awards from NACo for the Reinvest DuPage Small Business Grant Program, the DuPage Community Transformation Partnership, and...
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois (GSNI) announced the 2023 GSNI Gold Award and 2023 GSNI Ambassador Scholarship recipients at its Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 29, at the Northern Illinois University Barsema Alumni Visitors Center in DeKalb. Each year through an application and interview process, GSNI awards scholarships to registered,...
The Village of Oswego Public Works director and Village engineer, Jennifer Hughes, recently received a national award as a Top Ten Public Works Leader from the American Public Works Association (APWA). The prestigious award recognizes career service to the public works profession, as well as work ethic and dedication to...
Michelle Meyer is honored by the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Wednesday, May 10, as the Club's 46th "Service to God & Fellowman" recipient.
Principal, West Aurora High School, Dr. Charles Hiscock, 2023 Kane County Educator of the Year recipient, stands next to his personalized chair given by the Kane County ROE in recognition of his achievements.
During its meeting Tuesday, May 2, the DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee presented awards to winning student groups chosen from this year’s 17th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. Awards went to students from Wheaton Academy (West Chicago), Glenbard East High School (Lombard), and two teams from Hinsdale South High School (Darien),...
Competing chefs smile at the Loaves & Fishes Chef Showdown, after the friendly competition to raise funds the evening of Wednesday, April 19, at Loaves & Fishes Food Distribution Hub, 580 Exchange Court in Aurora.
Boy Scouts of America 2023 District Awards of Merit were awarded to leaders, from left, Steven Hochstetler, Steven Wesseln, Mark Brakeall.
By Jason Crane The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) presented one of seven Regional Excellence Awards to Fox Valley Developers for their Bloomhaven development, former Copley Hospital in Aurora, and city government of Aurora, at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, April 18. The...
State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, was recently honored by the office of State treasurer Michael W. Frerichs with the Outstanding Commitment as an Elected Official Award. She took the opportunity to reflect on the impact of Women’s History Month in Illinois. “Women’s History Month honors the self-evident truth that women...
The A+ Foundation for the West Aurora Schools will celebrate the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor. This year, Scott Whitlock (class of 1960), Johnny Lee Davenport (class of 1968), Susan Bartells Jacobson (class of 1974), Lauren Leimbach (class of 1974), Colonel John Becker (class of 1977), and Madison Whitt (class...
Waubonsee Community College’s Johnny Marquez was named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Baseball Player of the Week for the week of March 8-14. The Chiefs’ left-handed hitting first baseman batted .500 over the course of Waubonsee’s first four games of this season. A graduate of South...
Anthony Ortiz of Elgin shows his Purple Heart in each photo he received for Marine Corps service while deployed in Afghanistan, 2010-2011.
The Kiwanis Club of Aurora announces its solicitation for the God and Fellow Man Award for 2023. The award is an annual tradition since 1975 and honors those individuals whose lives consistently reflect a charitable spirit and acts of service in the Aurora area community. Many faith backgrounds as well...
Aurora Central Catholic varsity girls basketball team receives honors of halftime of the boys game with Elmwood Park. Friday, Feb. 10.
