Letter From the Editor-Publisher - The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)

Week 1 of the fall football season starts tonight, and we at The Beacon News can't wait.

STARTING TONIGHT: Check out our new high school sports Web site! It is going to be freaky cool. Just log onto beaconnewsonline.com for the most up-to-date news and scores from our schools. From there, click on HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS and you'll have access to scores, stories and photos (and video) from more than 340 high schools, PLUS all the bells (Taylor Bell, of course) and whistles of every newspaper in the Sun-Times News Group - blogs by Tom Lemming, Edgy Tim, Bell and a host of others. The recruiting section will feature in-depth profiles of the top football prospects in the Chicago area.

STARTING TOMORROW: And every Saturday of the football season: The Beacon News' FOOTBALL EXTRA! That's EXTRA coverage of YOUR high school football team from the best team of local sportswriters in Illinois: Bill Kindt, Jim Owczarski, Rick Armstrong and a host of other super-talented writers, editors and staff photographers.

East Aurora, West Aurora, Aurora Central Catholic, Aurora Christian, Oswego, Oswego East, Kaneland, Mooseheart, Yorkville, Geneva, Batavia, Waubonsie Valley, Sandwich, Marmion Academy, Plano, St. Charles - your schools (and our schools), in the spotlight, every week.

I can't wait!

Rick Nagel