Author: Fox Valley Magazine

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jerry Jimenez, Navy Office of Community Outreach OKOSUKA, Japan – Petty Officer 1st Class Emmanuel Garcia, a native of Aurora, Illinois, serves in Japan aboard a forward-deployed U.S. Navy warship, the USS John Finn (shown above). USS John Finn, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, provides a wide range of warfighting capabilities in multi-threat air, surface and subsurface environments. A Navy destroyer is a multi-mission ship that can operate independently or as part of a larger group of ships at sea. The ship is equipped with tomahawk missiles, torpedoes, guns and a phalanx close-in weapons…

Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, located 150 miles west of Chicago within The Galena Territory, a 6,800-acre recreational, residential and resort community six miles southeast of the historic town of Galena, Ill. It is a golf lover’s paradise. The resort’s grounds include 63 holes on four award-winning golf courses, including one of the top one hundred public access courses in the country, The General – proving to be an adequate challenge for golfers of all ages and skill sets. For those unfamiliar with the resort’s award-winning golf courses, you should know that each course is unique – from the rolling…

Paul Sherrod Taylor, a 32-year-old Aurora man, was sentenced Friday to 3 years in prison for assaulting a police officer during a routine traffic stop. On January 23, 2024, Judge Alice Tracy found Paul Sherrod Taylor guilty of Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer, a Class 2 felony; Threatening a Public Official, a Class 3 Felony; Aggravated Assault of a Police Officer, a Class 4 Felony; and Resisting a Peace Officer, a Class A Misdemeanor. On June 21, 2021, Officer J. Miranda of the Aurora Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a silver Toyota Camry after observing it disobey…

Trailblazing rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears will be performing at the Arcada Theatre in downtown St. Charles tonight at 8pm. No one can argue BS&T invented a new style of music. Blood, Sweat & Tears is not the first band to ever use a horn section, but they are the first to fuse it with rock, jazz, and some blues thrown in for good measure. Blood Sweat & Tears has had many configurations over its 50 plus years of touring but one thing for sure is that the music is timeless, and fans are never disappointed. Blood Sweat & Tears takes…

Celebrate the season with Spring Fest at Cantigny on Saturday, May 18, from 10am-4pm. Enjoy the park with a visit to the beautiful gardens. Stop by McCormick House as it hosts the first-ever marketplace inside the historic home. This market features talented artisans showcasing their creations — a curated shopping experience with local vendors offering jewelry, pottery, art, and more. A craft coffee and pastry bar will be set up on the South Porch. Backstage Greenhouse Tours ($50)Check out the backstage pass experience. The pass includes an exclusive guided greenhouse tour, a drink ticket, and 25 Cantigny tulip bulbs that…

Actor and comedian Mike Cannon will be performing at The Comedy Vault in Batavia Friday and Saturday evening at 7pm and 9:30pm both nights. Cannon is a New York City based comedian, podcaster and actor. In May of 2022 he released his second independently-produced comedy special “White Priviledge Homeless” on Youtube where it received thousands of positive reviews from fans, comedians and critics alike. Cannon’s debut comedy special “Life Begins” was released in January 2020 on YouTube and earned a spot on Laugh Button’s Top 35 Comedy Specials of 2020. The album “Life Begins” was released in February of that…

A 44-year-old Harvey man was arrested late Wednesday afternoon after police allegedly found cocaine in his car following a routine traffic stop. Just before 5:00pm on Wednesday, officers observed the suspect commit multiple traffic violations while driving a vehicle near the intersection of Diehl Road and Raymond Drive. During the course of the traffic stop, police located .1 grams of alleged crack cocaine inside the vehicle and placed the suspect under arrest.   Following the arrest, the suspect was transported to the Naperville Detention Center where a search revealed 21.1 additional grams of alleged crack cocaine on his person. Wheeler…

The Piazza in Aurora presents a full-blown ’90s mini-festival with 5 tribute bands paying homage to the great bands of the decade. Starting off the evening is Whatever Nevermind (formerly the “Grunge Puppets”), who tout themselves as the ultimate Nirvana tribute band based in Chicago. “We pay homage to one of the greatest bands of all time by capturing not only the sound but also the energy, power, and spirit of Nirvana during our live shows.” Next up is Santeria, A Tribute to Sublime which delivers the Long Beach Sublime style with an attention to detail that wins over audiences…

According to a report from WFIE News in Evansville, Indiana, an Elgin woman is in custody on drug and child neglect charges after passing out in an Evansville hotel room while her young child wandered the hotel hallways. According to the report, police indicated that the incident occured Monday at the Clarion Inn on East Indiana Street in Evansville. The suspect, a 25-year-old Elgin woman, was allegedly found unconscious on the floor of one of the hotel rooms. After making several unsuccessful attempts to awaken the woman, police finally brought her back to consciousness only to find a “white powdery…

DuPage County Judge Brian Jacobs has denied pre-trial release for a 20-year-old Cook County man who was allegedly found to be in possession of a loaded gun outside of Naperville’s TopGolf facility on Odyssey Court. It is the latest in a long string of arrests made outside the facility. According to police, on Friday evening Naperville police officers on routine foot patrol at the TopGolf facility observed a handgun with an extended magazine in plain view on the rear driver’s side floorboard of a parked vehicle. The offficers allegedly observed two individuals, a male and a female, return to the…