Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, the Consul General of Mexico in Chicago, was well-received during her first visit to Aurora Monday, Nov. 29. “Wow, Aurora really knows how to make you feel at home,” said the ambassador. “I love the diversity and the energy and how beautiful and organized everything is.”
With blocking from Nathaniel Stevens, Wheaton North High School’s Luke Beedle, 30, runs for yardage against St. Rita.
“The happy person is the person who does something.” —Mary Lemist Titcomb In the late 19th Century the American School Library was a traveling frontier library published by Harper & Brothers. The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History has the only complete original set of that series complete with
Rev. Derek Rogers, left, pastor at Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church, lights an Advent wreath candle after a scripture reading and prayer by congregant Judy Bieritz of Aurora Sunday, Nov. 28.
On the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Nov. 28, Aurora area Jews brought the Festival of Lights to the City of Lights.
Once upon a time, there was a magical school that provided opportunities for creative people of all ages to express themselves. A place where they could sing and dance and where impossible things happen every day. This holiday season, the Paramount School of the Arts is a partner with the
Patrons and workers pose with Santa at Boy Scout Troop 12’s pancake breakfast fundraiser Saturday, Nov. 27, at Montgomery VFW Post 7452.
Jean Kent, treasurer of the Oswegoland Heritage Association, presents the Illinois State Genealogical Society’s 2021 Community Service Award to Little White School Museum director Roger Matile at the Heritage Association’s October 28 Board meeting.
Firefighter David Nelson eludes Capt. Jason Equi Thanksgiving Day, Thursday Nov. 24 at Hupp Park in Aurora for the Aurora Fire Department’s 17th annual Turkey Bowl flag football game.
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora donates $2,000 to Aurora’s Rush-Copley Medical Center to launch diabetes education for uninsured patients.
By Bruce J. Black, Horticulture Educator, Illinois Extension Winter is that time of year where gardeners rest and plan for Spring. But with the holidays, why not make loved ones plant gifts? Impossible bottles, or bottles with an object inside that doesn’t seem like it can fit through the bottle’s
Aurora Winter Lights’ annual celebration the Friday prior to Thanksgiving Day is a full signal that the Christmas holiday season is under way.
“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us.” — Jane Addams Elizabeth, the child, passed the night and went straight into her Heavenly Father’s arms. She died of malnutrition in the tenements of New York City, 1910. She left four
Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center is among nonprofits worldwide seeking donations on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 30. Center director and founder Dominican Sister Kathleen Ryan said, “Giving Tuesday inspires people to give back after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone. DLC donors can do good, quickly and easily.” Sr. Ryan said
Volunteers provide placement of boxes of foot and household items in the truck of a vehicle in the city government of Aurora Thanksgiving drive-thru in Phillips Park for 2,500 recipients recently.
Rick Gardner, left, co-leader of Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, presents a book to Julie Cumblad, K-2 interventionist at Homestead Elementary School in Oswego School District 308.
Aurora University’s Cam’ron Harper escapes from visiting Carthage College’s Kelly Marten prior to victory in the 285-pound class bout November 17.
With blocking from Aurora University’s Jackson Nazos, 55, Aurora quarterback, Gavin Zimbelman, center, digs for yardage as Wheaton College’s Wyatt Lee, 10, defends Saturday, Nov. 20.
Shops in downtown Aurora are one-of-a-kind and perfect for gift-giving. An afternoon visiting these locally-owned gems for Small Business Saturday, or, any day this holiday season can be enjoyable. When you walk inside Branch Gardens, 77 S. Lake Street, you’ll find a paradise of overflowing greenery that will delight the
A couple from Kenya cut a ribbon to become Batavia’s first Habitat for Humanity family Saturday, Nov. 20. Janice Owino and George Bikeri cut the ribbon with Steve McCormick, Habitat board chair. The ribbon-cutting culminated a dedication ceremony attended by Habitat and government officials, volunteers, and friends, on the home’s
