In a 9 to 1 vote, the Aurora City Council Tuesday approved the sale of recreational cannabis in Aurora, the second most populous city in Illinois. The vote approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance that will regulate the quantity, location, and activities of cannabis dispensaries in Aurora. The amendment
By Jason Crane – Director of Public Works for the Village of North Aurora, John Laskowski, right, gives Board members an update on the Silo Project, Monday, at the Village Board meeting. The plans are to renovate the existing silo behind Harner’s Bakery in North Aurora near the Fox River
By Carter Crane – High school Fall sports other than football, holds State tournaments and countdowns to State tournaments.. A salute to champions in high school golf, soccer, and tennis, is below, with girls volleyball, girls swimming, and boys and girls cross country on the precipice of starting tournaments. There
By Woodrow Carroll – Take nothing away from the University of Illinois kicker, James McCourt, whose 39-yard field goal when time expired gave the host Fighting Illini a 24-23 upset victory over heavily-favored Wisconsin Saturday. Yet, a tip of the hat is in order for Neuqua Valley High School product
By Bobby Narang Glenbard West High School senior Katelynne Hart earned another rare feat Saturday. Hart became the first four-time West Suburban Conference Silver Division cross country individual champion at Berens Park in Elmhurst. Considered one of the top runners in the country, Hart dominated the Conference meet in a
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Oct. 20. Denny Hamlin took over control late in stage two, led 153 laps, and won the race. In second place was Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch was in third, Ryan Blaney in fourth, and
By Rachel Troyer Fonda mi Pueblito recently-opened its doors at 31 N. Broadway in the former Taco Grill location in downtown Aurora. The city government celebrated with a ribbon-cutting in early October. It is a traditional Mexican restaurant where all of the food is fresh and made in-house. The owner
The Jennings Terrace Auxiliary will be host to the 61st Annual Fall Fest, Saturday, Nov. 2 at Jennings Terrace, 275 S. LaSalle Street, in Aurora. A breakfast with a variety of pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice, will be served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Jennings Terrace Assisted
Padme is a female Domestic Shorthair Brown Tiger who was born July 31, 2019. Padme is all about fun. She plays, wrestles, tackles, and loves her toys. She loves lying down next to a human and take a nap and purr. She lives with two dogs, a Husky and Cairn
By John W. Whitehead “Am I going to get shot again.” —Two-year-old survivor of a police shooting that left his three siblings, ages one, four, and five, with a bullet in the brain, a fractured skull, and gun wounds to the face. Children learn what they live. Family counselor Dorothy
Urban Equity Properties held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction of the Keystone Building Lofts, an $11 Million, multi-unit redevelopment of the historic Keystone Building at 30 S. Stolp Avenue in downtown Aurora. “We are taking yet another building in Aurora and breathing new life into it,” said Aurora mayor
For the fifth straight year, Aurora has been ranked as one of the best cities in the United States for trick-or-treating by finance website SmartAsset. Aurora ranked fourth out of the 256 largest cities in the Nation. To identify the Best Places to Trick-or-Treat in 2019, SmartAsset ranked the cities
