Day: November 21, 2023

More than 7,000 individuals start the Holiday Season in Aurora

Aurora started the holiday season in the merriest way on a mild weather night. More than 7,000 individuals were in downtown Aurora Friday, Nov. 17, for the annual Winter Lights Festival. The crowd counted down in unison as the Christmas tree was lit and cheered throughout the parade, which included

Aurora Deputy Chief of Police Matt Thomas, and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross

Aurora Chief of Police, Deputy, present update at COW

By Jason Crane Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross and Deputy Chief of Police Matt Thomas presented an Aurora Police Department (APD) public safety technology update at the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 21. The presentation outlined the ways the APD is leveraging technology to build a safer

Reader’s Voice: Personal account: Ukraine winning

November 15, 2023Dear editor; Ukraine is winning. After returning from my second trip to Ukraine this year I have a deep appreciation for the will of their people and beliefs in freedom. On my first trip during the month of May I volunteered with five organizations, chopping vegetables for meals,

Only 1/3 of imprisoned mothers see children

Reprinted from November 28, 2019Third of four parts Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned mothers have never received a visit from their children. Jill McCorkel, professor of sociology and criminology, Villanova University in Philadelphia, submitted the following article to The Conversation. “…Distance is the main obstacle. Women’s prisons are fewer in number

Reader’s Commentary: Viewpoint: Our youth taught to hate our country

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda The youth of America are being taught to hate their country, free speech, free Enterprise, Jews, Christian values, secure borders, and fossil fuels. In place of these things, our young people are taught to embrace censorship, communism, anti-Semitism, secularism, open borders, climate change, and globalism. To

Historical movie projectors on display at Santori

The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is pleased to present an exhibit of historical movie projectors entitled Echoes of the Silver Screen: Pioneers’ Projectors, on display at the Santori Library now through the end of November. The exhibit features a variety of projectors from the early days of cinema, including

Flourishing small business help available

State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is raising awareness of opportunities for small businesses to apply for a new round of Back-to-Business grants, which provide funding to help develop growing small businesses. “Flourishing small businesses are the foundation of a stronger economy for Illinois, and the grant funding now available to