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.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council applauded and honored the first-ever Mr. and Miss Black Aurora at the Tuesday, Feb. 7 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, presented a proclamation to Mr. Black Aurora, Peter Eta, and Miss Black Aurora Charitee Cocroft. The city...
Arvid Meyer, center, receives the Lions Clubs International Club Excellence award
Rotarian Joe Yen, left, presents Gabriel Bradford a speaker gift at the Rotary Club of Montgomery meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Montgomery Village Hall.
Students of the Month for December at Providence Catholic
The Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board will be host to the 17th annual African American Heritage Scholarship Dinner Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at Belle Salle Banquets, 1920 E. New York Street. During the dinner, the Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board will: • Induct the 2023 Class...
A gala banquet will be held Friday, March 31 at Villa Olivia in Bartlett to honor the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame’s 2020 and 2022 inductees. The celebration spotlight is on talented and influential artists with connections to the Fox Valley area. The 2020 inductees are Patrick F. Beckman,...
Drum Major MLK Awards were distributed Monday evening at East Aurora High School onMartin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Kacie Chitwood, center, development manager of Alive Center, Aurora, Naperville, and Hanover Park, celebrates the Center's work with teens to Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the Prisco Community Center in Aurora.
Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin and African American Heritage Advisory Board (AAHAB) commissioners surprise Dr. Jennifer Norrell at her East Aurora Board of Education meeting to make the announcement of her award as 2023 African American Leader of 2023.
From left, Tim Griffin of Geneva (football, 1981); Matt McKee, Simi Valley, Calif. (volleyball, 2005); and Mario Clark, Aurora (basketball, 1990) are inducted into the West Aurora School District 129 Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, Jan. 7.
Romas Povilonis, director, right, of Cars of Hope, presents the car donation program to the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Montgomery resident Rebecca "Becky" Dunnigan, left, receives Aurora Noon Lions Club's annual Distinguished Service Award Thursday, Dec. 15
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin and members of the Aurora City Council, honored first responders and Aurora residents at the Aurora City Council COW meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 20. The Mayor’s Award of Valor was presented to six Aurora police officers responsible for rescuing nine-year-old Tyshaun LaFlore in...
West Aurora High School will induct three former athletes into the School’s Athletic Hall of Fame (HOF) Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 at the School. • Mario Clark earned four varsity letters at West Aurora High School in boys basketball and was named to the Illinois High School Association’s (IHSA) First...
Rita Pennington, Illinois State Coordinator for the Quilts of Valor Foundation, visits the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club to bestow, and wrap the Club's veterans in a Quilt of Valor.
