The Fox Valley Park District’s Winter Stage production of Tarzan will be performed at the Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Avenue, in Aurora. Show times will be 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31; 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. Tickets are $10 in advance, or
A dozen students from Lisle Teens with Character, a youth group, handpack dry-food meals at Feed My Starving Children in Aurora Monday.
A countdown balloon drop was the highlight of the Fox Valley Park District’s annual New Year’s At Noon celebration Tuesday, Dec. 31 at Vaughan Center in Aurora.
A new scholarship program, the Inspire Scholarships, was launched by the Batavia Chamber of Commerce. The scholarships will be given to Batavia Public School District 101 high school seniors each year, with up to four awards given. The four scholarships, worth at least $500 each, are motivated by the makeup
The Fox Valley Park District resumes its partnership with six schools throughout Aurora and North Aurora to offer its traditionally-popular Sports Saturdays program. Free to resident families with children in grades first through fifth, Sports Saturdays provide a supervised environment for children to interact in activities that include sports, crafts,
Due to popular demand, the annual Daddy Daughter Date will see a second night option this year in Batavia. Dads and daughters, ages three and up, will dance the night away from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 or Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Rotolo Middle School, 1501
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois (GSNI) officially launched the 2020 Girl Scout Cookie season January 8, when Girl Scouts across northern Illinois become entrepreneurs when they earn money to power their own leadership opportunities and adventures! This season, GSNI has two sweet new ways to celebrate young female leaders: A
By Tom Siebert As the season of giving coincides with cold weather and early darkness, Kendall County youth are showing warmth and brightness to the homeless community. Students from Parkview Academy and members of a 4-H Club, both in Yorkville, recently donated colorful fleece blankets to PADS’ temporary shelters. Jennifer
Approximately 70 West Aurora High School choristers participate in the school’s 33rd annual madrigal dinner-concert Saturday.
The Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America has awarded more than 300 young men the rank of Eagle Scout so far this year and the list keeps growing. Last month, 27 young men earned the highest achievement attainable in Scouts BSA, a program of the Boy Scouts of America
50 West Aurora madrigal singers and a capella choir members perform holiday music.
Mariah Dicksen receives an honor from The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during a special ceremony November 16 in Springfield.
Are you getting into the holiday spirit? One of the merriest of our events at the Aurora Public Library, our West Branch Holiday Open House, will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. There will be refreshments, crafts, music, and a special visit from Santa! This event
Image of a Barred Owl from the Wings and Talons website (wingsandtalons.org/birds) will be included at the Wizard Yule Fest December 14 at Santori Library.
Little Mr. and Miss Aurora winners show their trophies in front of Aurora City Seal and following the announcement of their naming at the Aurora City Council Tuesday.
UPDATE: FOUND SAFE NEAR HIS CHURCH!He was reunited with his family. A five-year-old boy from the west side of Aurora is missing. His name is Mubengwa. He was last seen on foot in the 400 block of Spruce St. at 5 p.m. Sunday. Mubengwa only speaks Swahili. He was last
A Halloween party Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora highlight: A musical pumpkins game.
By Octavius PalmerEighth grader at Grace Holistic Throughout the first quarter of the 2019-2020 school year, Grace Holistic Center for Education offered an archery elective. One freshman student, named Maya San Miguel, said, “It was a lot of fun.” The elective took place at the archery range/store, The Archery Place
By: Izzy Cueller Eighth grader at Grace Holistic Ghosts, Witches, and Ghouls! Sunday, Oct. 20, at Grace Holistic Center for Education in Yorkville, was a school fundraising event called the Goblin Games. There was a haunted house, a bounce house, and many games in each classroom. Each classroom had a
High school scholars from Kendall County’s Student Leadership Initiative Program visited the Aurora Mayor’s Office last week for a special meeting with mayor Richard C. Irvin. The students are enrolled in the immersive leadership program to learn more about their communities and to prepare for leadership. The students had thought-provoking
