Autism awareness subject of new program

State Sen. Linda Holmes writes about a new program to train firefighters and emergency services personnel on how to recognize autism and similar disorders during emergency responses and help them better understand how to communicate.

Do the right thing: speak out against injustice

During my 10 weeks at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., I’ve had the opportunity to take some day trips to Washington, D.C., and take in the sites of our nation’s capital. One of those trips was a life-altering visit to the National Holocaust …

Important to modernize enterprise zones

Illinois State Senator Linda Holmes, 42nd District, reports on legislation to modernize and extend the life of enterprise zones.

Aurora police work to free innocent man

Two Aurora police officers and Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon are to be praised for their work to free Joseph Moore, who spent nearly 10 years in prison for a murder and an attempted murder he didn’t commit.

Forums planned on proposed new library

Aurora Public Library Board President Jeffry Butler invites residents to two Sunday afternoon public forums on the board’s proposal to build a new main library building.

Good works truly know no season

Columnist Susan Frick Carlman finds a Christmas moment in the story of a lost dog.

Kane Deputy Ron Hain is to be commended

Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Hain, responsible for an arrest that netted more than $2 million in heroin and put a drug mule in prison for up to 20 years is to be commended for his experience, attention to detail, imagination and intuition.

Kane County should fund deputies’ raises

The Kane County Board needs to stop trying to get out of paying the raises for sheriff’s deputies mandated by an arbitrator and simply pay up.

Letters to the Editor

College tuition scheme? President Obama is taking action to assume control of the burgeoning debt faced by college students. Reportedly this figure is at, or near, one trillion dollars and continues to grow at an alarming rate. Ye Gads, is this the latest version of …

Drop those money-wasters Stuffing is great when it comes to Thanksgiving, but not our phone, gas and electric bills. In honor of the holiday, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) compiled a list of the biggest bill-stuffers. Drop these charges, and save more than $400 a …

Jeff Ward: Kane’s court records problem does not compute

Now, one would think something as logical as a software system would be a cut-and-dried proposition. But trust me, whenever human beings and their vast egos are involved, that’ll never ever be the case. The one thing the folks in public safety, the judiciary and …

Population growing too big for small planet

This week world population hit 7 billion. While a few people actually celebrated and most never gave a thought to this milestone, others hear alarm bells ringing. If there is one thing that drives most other social ills and will ultimately bring us to some …

LETTERS TO  THE EDITOR

Thanks for  great road work Thank you to Kane County’s Division of Transportation’s John Guddendorf and the many different crews working with John for the excellent road work done on Bliss Road starting just south of Interstate 88 and extending past Bliss Woods Forest Preserve. …

Letters to the editor

Find heroin sellers I have read a great deal lately about many heroin deaths in young people (or anyone, for that matter). Where are they getting the heroin? Are all the sellers fully hidden? It’s hard to believe that no one knows anything about it. …

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter writers address pancreatic cancer, tax-exempt status for Edward Hospital and juvenile justice.