Founder and director of Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center Sister Kathleen Ryan, left, and center staffer Elisa Barocio of Oswego, check hundreds of gifts donated for children of Center adult students.
Actors as Mary and Joseph tend a baby portraying the Christ child in the manger at a drive-in live nativity performance Saturday, Dec. 19, at Faith Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Aurorans Aaliyah Flores, 8, from left, Chelsea Langford 9, and Mariah Langford, 12, join Michelle Ulrich of Aurora, right, who reads a prayer Sunday, Dec. 13, after lighting the third candle of Advent at Aurora Advent Christian Church.
Surprise presentations of Quilts of Valor Christmas Eve in Aurora catch two deserving veterans off guard. Josh Pfeuffer, center, from the Aurora Veterans Advisory Council (AVAC), presents Quits of Valor to Doug Pierson, left, and to Richard Poitras, who is a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Aurorans Eileen Petesch, from left, Pam Colwell and Mike Colwell pose with bells they rang for two minutes at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24 for the Worldwide Christmas Eve Jingle.
Approximately 100 city of Aurora government employees volunteer for the Holiday Hope Pop-Up Pantry Tuesday, Dec. 22 and help to distribute food to 1,500 families.
Leland Tower lights shine brightly for the holidays, right, especially following workers who replaced several dozen light strands that had burned out.
At Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora, intensive care nurse, Marsha Helland, right, prepares to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Presence Fox Knoll/Ascension Living retirement community, 421 N. Lake Street in Aurora, celebrate staff members with a Heroes Work Here sign on the front lawn.
Chuck Nelson, right, Aurora Deputy mayor, poses for the camera with his wife, Karen, and Richard Irvin, left, mayor of Aurora, Thursday, Dec. 17 following a surprise naming of the Chuck B. Nelson Development Services Center on Broadway in Aurora.
The tradition of a White House Christmas tree in Washington, D.C. was started by Benjamin Harrison in 1889. Theodore Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the house because he believed that chopping down healthy evergreens for the holiday was at adds with his commitment to conservation. Of course, that didn’t stop
When I was growing up, I attended a K-8 grade school in a rather well-served neighborhood in a suburb near Chicago. Our library did not have a bookmobile. In my eight years of grammar school, our principle arranged for a Chicago Public Library Book Bus to drop by. It happened
Del Dufrain was the consummate teacher. He was comfortable on the football field and in the classroom. He enjoyed involvement with students and helping them succeed. He retired as head coach of the East Aurora High School football team following the 1978 season and he retired from teaching biology in
Congregants of Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church gather outside Paramount Arts Center for Light Up the Night: Candlelight and Community, a candlelight vigil from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21.
With many working remotely this year, it’s been clear that work often happens behind the scenes. We might not see everyone out and about, but the work continues. Then there’s the workers who were defined as essential this year, and whether they wore scrubs, or a hair net and gloves,
Oswego’s fourth annual Shop With A Cop last week includes interaction with Oswego Police chief Jeff Burgner and one of the 21 children in the holiday promotion.
The Silo Restoration Illumination Project lights up the sky east of State Street and Lincolnway after its December 11 completion in North Aurora.
Naperville paid tribute to its fallen firefighters with the December 7 unveiling of the new Ladder of Light at Firemen’s Memorial Park.
As a crowd watches, a videographer, left, Sunday, livestreams blessing of a 69th annual Lehnertz Avenue Christmas story display in Aurora with music, statues, and wooden cutouts on 45 neighbors’ lawns.
Peacefulness should permeate through the season and all year. Political frenzy is counterproductive. Each of is entitled to a view that does no harm. ‘Tis the Season. All year, in fact. Abrasiveness is out. Peace is in. Many should adjust their focus. • It is a time of rejoicing in
