American Legion Post 84 baseball team earns honors
At the conclusion of the last group event celebrating American Legion Post 84's championship in the Aurora American Legion Baseball League this year — a pizza party sponsored by the...
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Yorkville church works to help those in need in Rwanda
St. Patrick Parish in Yorkville is many thousands of miles away from the Abana Mission in Kibeho, Rwanda. But, the distance between the two has been made much shorter due...
Auto Show to showcase historic LaSalle Street in Aurora
For at least one day each August since 2009, Aurora's LaSalle Street between Downer Place and Benton Street pays homage to its roots as an automobile commercial center. This year...
Literacy volunteers make personal connection with students
Each Wednesday, Batavia resident Paul Mueller heads to the Batavia Public Library to work as a volunteer tutor on behalf of the Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley. A literacy volunteer since...
Ovarian cancer group works to raise awareness of disease
Five years ago, St. Charles resident Vallie M. Szymanski co-founded the Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness organization along with friends Susan and Rick Roman after Susan was diagnosed with ovarian cancer....
Floating on the river can be fun — with precautions
Maybe you've read in the Naperville Sun articles about the rescues of people stranded on the DuPage River and wondered, "who would do that?" While I wasn't one of the...
Pop-up farmers market in Aurora focuses on healthy eating
Three-year-old Ana Valtierrez and her 5-year-old brother Miguel munched on raspberries and cherries acquired only moments before from the "newly planted" pop-up farmers market located at the corner of Highland...
Volunteers seen as key to University of Illinois Extension program
The large amount of rain this season has led to an influx of water-related calls to the Kane County Master Gardener Help Line from concerned area gardeners worried about the...
Students from St. Charles help those in need in Kentucky
In mid-June, 10 students from the St. Charles Episcopal Church high school youth ministry group traveled to eastern Kentucky to participate in Mission in the Mountains. Over a one-week period,...
Traffic congestion a major time-waster
At only 12 years old, already my youngest daughter sometimes is so frustrated with traffic and congestion. The gap of time between when a light turns green and our vehicle...