Aurora • Through December 26 Phillips Park Festival of Lights Everyone can drive through one of the largest free light shows in northern Illinois. The Festival of Lights at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, has more than 25,000 cars every year to view dozens of displays totaling more than
Aurora Police have arrested and charged a school bus driver after she purchased beer at a convenience store and drank it while picking up students during a morning bus route in Aurora. A manager from First Student Bus Company came to the Aurora Police Department to report an incident involving
Aurora Bank and Trust, 2287 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora, will be host to a visit with Santa and his reindeer from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 14. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Refreshments and face-painting will be included. Aurora Bank is a branch of
50 West Aurora madrigal singers and a capella choir members perform holiday music.
The 2019 Oswego Christmas Walk, presented by Allied First Bank, will take over Main Street the evening of Friday, Dec. 6, and help is needed to make the holiday magic happen! Volunteers will get a free commemorative Christmas Walk hat, food, and warm, fuzzy, feelings all in exchange for just
Mariah Dicksen receives an honor from The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during a special ceremony November 16 in Springfield.
Tomcat Youth Tackle Football team receives honors at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday for capturing the Big 10 State championship.
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
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • Knit and Crochet Group, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon. This informal group works on its own projects, discusses types and colors of yarns, and
Teams at Benet Academy in Lisle won an impressive three State championships recently in Fall sports.
Volunteers from the Noon Rotary Club of Aurora put together the lights for the Festival of Lights in Aurora.
Mary Watson Hawkins leads choristers and audience members at the InterFAITH community Thanksgiving service.
Owning a business often takes a little elbow grease. Other times it takes a lot of partying. I recall when Cat Battista and I first met at Tredwell Coffee to get to know each other. Battista, who is the director of Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, said she loves a
The Naperville Park District’s ninth annual holiday lights recycling program, in partnership with Elgin Recycling, will be through February 1, 2020. Residents and businesses are invited to bring their old, nonworking lights to any of the following locations: Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson Avenue, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.
Deputy mayor of Aurora, Chuck Nelson, uses props of cap and shirt to promote Aurora Counts 2020 for the U.S. Census which will be taken next year.
The 2019 Aurora Winter Lights festivities will start the holiday season in the City of Lights this weekend. Presented by the city government of Aurora and Aurora Downtown, the popular annual tradition will be held Friday, Nov. 22 with festivities centered on Downer Place in downtown Aurora. The parade will
Amy Morton’s newest eatery will bring her signature fare and passion to Aurora. On Stolp Island, in the center of the Fox River and downtown Aurora, Stolp Island Social is a seasonal kitchen and steakhouse. It will open Friday, Nov. 29. Adjacent to the Jeff Award-winning Paramount Theatre, the restaurant
The Chorus of DuPage will present its annual Christmas concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, at Trinity Center Green Trails, 2701 Maple Avenue, Lisle. Everyone is invited to start the Christmas season with the Chorus of DuPage, a men’s a capella barbershop chorus, along with special musical guests, the
The Aurora Festival of Lights is an annual event held from Thanksgiving to after Christmas. However, it is an ongoing operation which begins as early as July when volunteers donate their time and energy to tackle unloading the semi-trailer storage units containing the equipment needed to transform Phillips Park in
InterFaith Aurora will be host to its 12th annual Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at Society 57, 100 S. River Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Street parking is free. A free-will collection will benefit the Neighbor Project in Aurora,
