By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council gave consent to nearly three-quarters of a million dollars for a critical incident intelligence center at the Aurora Police Department (APD). City of Aurora government documents show
By Marjorie Logman There has been a trend in Aurora for a long time. I call it Aurora sentimentalism. Everything is fine, we all get along and we all have the best of intentions in running government and organizations. It is similar to a fog over the City. Anyone challenging
By Jason Crane An Aurora mayoral candidate forum Monday, through the Zoom video conference platform, allowed viewers to learn more about the three candidates seeking the job as mayor of Aurora for the next four years. An election will be Tuesday, April 6. League of Women Voters Aurora Area Mayoral
By Sarah Mansur Two Republican lawmakers Monday unveiled legislation to strengthen internal policies at State-run veterans homes in the case of a disease outbreak, such as the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home that resulted in 36 resident deaths since the pandemic began last year. The bill, sponsored by
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The government should not be in the business of killing its citizens. Nevertheless, the U.S. government continues to act as judge, jury, and executioner, over a populace that has been pre-judged and found guilty, stripped of its rights, and left to suffer at
The Oswego Chamber of Commerce will be host to Oswego Village president Troy Parlier for a State of the Village address Wednesday, March 3. It’s an exciting time for the Village of Oswego! We’ve had a great year to date and eagerly look forward to what is in front of
Aurora Ward 10 alderman Judd Lofchie cuts the ceremonial ribbon Monday in the ReStore parking lot on the West Side of Aurora to officially open a free COVID-19 testing site. Testing is free and open to the public Monday thru Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m..
By Jason Crane An Aurora mayoral candidate forum Saturday, through the Zoom video conference platform, allowed viewers to learn about the three candidates seeking the job as mayor of Aurora for the next four years. An election will be Tuesday, April 6. Community Advocacy Awareness Network (CAAN) and New Covenant
• Reg. voters: 8457 ballots: 247 turnout: 2.92% 12 of 12 precincts reportingVillage of Campton Hills trustee to serve a 4-year term(Vote for 3) Votes (% of Votes)Ed Muncie 115 (46.56%)James McKelvie 62 (25.10%)Michael D. Millette 90 (36.44%)Timothy W. Morgan, Sr. (Write-In) 68 (68.02%)Kimberly Weiss (Write-In) 172 (69.64%) • Reg.
February 22, 2021Dear editor; A letter to the editor in the Oswego Ledger in the February 18 issue, stated that the last stimulus package addressing COVID-19 relief included things such as $1.3 Billion for Egypt, and so on. I did not think that foreign expenditures were part of the COVID-19
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council approved the following agenda items: • Approved was a resolution authorizing a lease agreement in the not to exceed amount of $46,500.00 with Nadler Golf Car Sales Inc. for
By Brandy Gilliam, P.O.B.U.M.S. SOCIETY; Sandra González, Aurora Rapid Response Team We, the Aurora Grassroots Alliance, condemn Aurora mayor Richard Irvin and Police Chief Kristin Ziman’s inflammatory remarks about community activists during their February 3 media briefing on the City’s uptick in crime. Irvin opened the media briefing, after reciting
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell It is the slippery slope that leads to the end of free speech as we once knew it. In a
By Sarah Mansur Former house speaker Michael J. Madigan, 78, announced Thursday he will step down from the State House of Representatives after 50 years in office. “I leave office at peace with my decision and proud of the many contributions I’ve made to the state of Illinois, and I
By Sarah Mansur Dangerous sub-zero temperatures and massive snow accumulation across Illinois prompted governor JB Pritzker to issue a disaster proclamation for the entire State Tuesday. “I have directed my administration to use all resources at our disposal to keep our communities safe amid dangerous and ongoing winter weather,” Pritzker
Illinois lawmakers are required to draw new legislative and congressional district maps this year, but that process may be thrown into chaos because of delays in producing the census numbers needed to draw equal districts. The U.S. Census Bureau announced Friday that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other delays,
Adam Kinzinger, Donald Trump, Big Money, the GOP, a lot to handle in one column. But I can do it, because each is a different-colored thread in a single piece of cloth. North-central Illinois GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger (16th District, with offices in Rockford, Ottawa, and Watseka) has been sharply
I always have liked State representative Stephanie Kifowit (84th State House District 84 in parts of Aurora, Montgomery, Naperville, Oswego), but she recently raised herself even further in my estimation. I watched as she played a substantial role in ending Mike Madigan’s long tenure as speaker of the House in
By Jason Crane Village trustees unanimously approved a resolution to name the restored and illuminated silo tower “Berman Tower” at the North Aurora Village Board meeting, Monday, through the Zoom video conference platform. The plan is to name the silo behind Harner’s Bakery in North Aurora, near the Fox River
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council listened to plans to continue to revive the winterized historic Hobbs Building. • Consent was given to a resolution authorizing the execution of a first amendment to
