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
School Resource Officer Skyy Calice-McDowell was inspired to join the profession of her father, who is a police officer. During her teenage years, she witnessed distrust for the police among her peers due to their personal or familial experiences, which often left her wondering what role she could play in
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce announced that the 2022 Donna Dallesasse Award recipient is Mary Anne Callahan, a Batavian who works for Kuhn Counseling Center, P.C. and is an active board and committee volunteer for multiple Batavia organizations. Every year, the Batavia Chamber holds a Harvest Celebration to gather community
Aurora Township trustee, Dolores Hicks, fourth from left, reflects the honor July 18 by the City of Aurora government with an honorary street dedication.
Since he was in seventh grade, Juan Campos, Jr. of Aurora, has been waiting for the opportunity to enter Apple’s Swift Student Challenge. With the start of high school came his chance to finally participate. At just 14, and with his first application, Campos, a sophomore at Marmion Academy in
The Exchange Club of Aurora gives honors to students who have overcome significant challenges to earn high school diplomas.
George Dan Bottoms of Aurora, center, accepts Aurora Noon Lions Club’s annual distinguished service award Thursday, March 18.
The Kane County Chiefs of Police Association, in partnership with the Batavia Moose Lodge #682, announce the winners of the Louis Spuhler Award for outstanding police work in 2021. The co-winners are Aurora Police detective Christopher Cox, and Elgin Police K-9 senior patrolman Justin Brown. The following is a summary
The annual Illinois Association of Park Districts/Illinois Park and Recreation Association’s (IPRA) Soaring to New Heights Conference is a long-awaited event for thousands of parks and recreation employees. Batavia Park District employees were happy to attend the conference in Chicago in person, January 27-29, and the District scooped up several
After more than 30 years in western suburban classrooms, award-winning teacher and author Ellen Jo Ljung has some stories to tell, stories that helped shape her career and transformed her vision for the future of education. Ljung shares her life-changing and often humorous insights in a newly-published memoir, Tales Told
Debbie Buchanan, deputy clerk & executive assistant, will retire after a more-than two-decade career with the Village of Montgomery.
It was Dan Batka Night at West Aurora High Friday, Jan. 21. Batka, a Batavia resident and West boys varsity assistant coach since 2009, was saluted for his induction into the Illinois Basketball Association Hall of Fame as a career coach and impending retirement. In an on-court ceremony prior to
Four members of the Luxemburg Club in Aurora show their plaques, following an award presentation Tuesday, Nov. 9. The four members were honored for their continuing service to the Luxies Club.
In recognition for her work to maintain clean air, State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, recently received an award from the Respiratory Health Association. “The Respiratory Health Association has been fighting for better air quality and equitable health care for lung diseases for years and I am grateful for their recognition,”
Naperville resident and Dominican Literacy Center (DLC) 2021 graduate Adriana Lopez, left, and tutor Sally Pobojewski pose for a photo May 27 by DLC founder and director Dister Kathleen Ryan, OP, right.
Batavia Chamber of Commerce’s Inspire 2021 Thursday, May 20 pays honors to the 2020 Batavia Citizen of the Year, Bob Hansen, along with a myriad of other awardees.
There was a salute, a tribute, and a thank you. The focal point was the service rendered by Herschel Luckinbill of Montgomery to military veterans for nearly 20 years. The Navy veteran, see below, was the primary mover and president of the Fox Valley Breakfast Club. The organization was started
During the 36th Annual MLK Ceremony on the city government of Aurora’s Facebook Live presentation, four community advocates received the Donna J. Williams MLK Day Service Award.
Northern Illinois University football player Kyle Pugh was named a semifinalist for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America in association with The Associated Press and the Fiesta Bowl organization December 14. Pugh, who played in five games season,
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce announced this week that the this year’s 14th annual Donna Dallesasse Award winner is Harriet Parker, manager of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College. Each year, the Batavia Chamber holds a Harvest Celebration to gather community members to celebrate one Chamber
