Kane County news briefs
April 1, 2020AURORA First Fridays goes virtual on April 3 Downtown Aurora’s monthly First Fridays event goes digital on April 3 as the event can be experienced from the comforts of home via Facebook….
AURORA First Fridays goes virtual on April 3 Downtown Aurora’s monthly First Fridays event goes digital on April 3 as the event can be experienced from the comforts of home via Facebook….
Thomas “Hawk” Greer, my friend of over 40 years, died last week. Covid-19 did not kill him. A vicious circle did. Like a lot of people, Hawk was chewed up by a system that got as…
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman is among three finalists under consideration to become Chicago’s next police superintendent. According to reports, Ziman’s name was forwarded to…
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-6th) will host a telephone town hall Tuesday (March 31) with local officials and health care experts to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During Casten’s…
Instead of transporting students to and from buildings Monday through Friday, East Aurora school drivers are now transporting snacks and sandwiches to students, and they’ve become…
Nine teens representing 4-H in DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties earned top awards from Illinois 4-H, the state’s largest youth development program. “4-H youth from around…
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, police and fire departments across the country were forced to take a hard look at how well their training prepared them to work together…
DuPage County is seeking donations of Personal Protective Equipment to aid in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. The county has asked residents, medical and nursing schools and…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…