In a unanimous vote, the Finance Committee of the Aurora City Council advanced the PENN Entertainment proposal to relocate the Hollywood Casino in Aurora. All five members recommended the proposal to continue through the process. The next step is a presentation to all 12 members at the Committee of the
Autumn trees with filled colorful leaves along 87th Street in Naperville, reflect the season.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council members listened to success stories and a request of funds for Aurora Crime Stoppers, at the Tuesday, Oct. 11 City Council meeting. Board president of Aurora Area Crime Stoppers, Vernon LaVia, and Board member, Mike Funkey, reminded the City Council the 501(c)(3) non-profit
The Eola Road Branch in Aurora will be illuminated from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15! The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) invites you to our annual Festival of Lights celebration to honor the traditional Indian holiday, Diwali. There will be activities for the whole family, a special
Aurora Noon Lions Club celebrates the induction of three new members at the Club’s Thursday, Oct. 6, meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Guests make s’mores over a bonfire at a taco night sponsored by Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora Oct. 5.
The Aurora free Fall electronics recycling drive-thru collection at Bednarcik Junior High School parking lot in Aurora Saturday, Oct. 8 includes television sets, 1,100 in all.
The City of Aurora government was host to the inaugural German Flag Raising-Ceremony, October 3, in recognition of the day and the heritage of Germans in Aurora.
Standing amid Tschannen family headstones, John Aman of Montgomery portrays Herbert Tschannen, a Swiss immigrant during the Village of Montgomery’s annual cemetery walk at Riverside Cemetery Wednesday, Oct. 5.
A crowded field, at the end of a play from scrimmage in the football game Yorkville High School at Oswego East, Friday, Oct. 7, yields eight players from each team involved.
Karly, a six-year-old Siamese, is blessed by the Reverend Patrick Fish during a worship service Sunday, Oct. 9, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Kiwanis Club of Aurora’s new 2022-2023 leadership: From left, Brian Tonner, president; Bob Bridgman, immediate past president; Christina Campos, president-elect; and Kim Woodin, treasurer
Batavia High School’s Ryan Whitwell runs upfield amid Geneva defenders Friday, Oct. 7.
A boy holds a mini-U.S. flag while praying at a See You at the Pole prayer rally Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Aurora.
The Aurora Police Department’s K-9 SPIKE (serve and protect with integrity and kindness to everyone) mascot greets some of the more than 1,000 visitors at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum’s Community Hero Day Saturday, Oct. 1.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to a report on the Fiestas Patrias scholarship fundraiser after a two-year hiatus at the Tuesday, Oct. 4 Committee of the Whole meeting. Tony Martinez, director of Communications for the city of Aurora government, said $102,000 was raised for scholarships for Latino
Spooky, scary, skeletons, are decorating the windows of homes all over Aurora in preparation for Halloween. But not all skeleton decorations are intended to be spooky. Some skeletons in particular, known as calaveras, have cultural significance to Mexican culture and represent a time of joyful celebration known as Día de
One-hundred dogs representing approximately 30 breeds competed Sunday, Oct. 2 in Aurora’s fourth annual Aurora Pooch Parade.
Naperville Central High School players raise their arms in celebration Friday, Sept. 30 following the winning field goal by (No. 4 player) for a 10-7 overtime victory over rival Naperville North at North Central College in Naperville.
French 75 Gallery and Lounge, 56 E. Galena Boulevard, will celebrate its first anniversary at First Fridays October 7.
