Ron Hain, Kane County sheriff, and Nathan Lanthrum, Lighthouse Recovery, will discuss “Humanizing the Incarcerated” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Hain and Lanthrum will discuss racial disparity in jail populations,
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18. The meeting will be at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery, just north of U.S. Route 30. The after-dinner speaker will be Kane County Sheriff, Ronald Hain, whose topic will be “The Challenges of
Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced Monday his guest for the State of the Union address at a Joint Congress session will be Kristen Ziman, chief of police of the Aurora Police Department. The State of the Union address will be February 4. “I’m proud to be joined for this year’s
The Aurora Police Department is investigating after a man was struck and killed in a hit and run crash on Aurora’s near West Side Monday evening. Just before 7 p.m., Aurora Police responded to reports of a person struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of South River Street.
The Aurora Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man dead on Aurora’s near East Side early Monday morning. Just before 1:45 a.m., Aurora Police’s telecom center received multiple calls from individuals reporting they heard shots being fired in the area of the 200 block of South Lincoln
The COP Unit (Community Oriented Policing Unit) of the Aurora Police Department provide presents to children around Aurora and escort Santa for the visits.
Kane County Sheriff, Ron Hain, discusses his accomplishments and plans for the Kane County Sheriff’s Department at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Prisco Center in Aurora.
The Oswego Police Department issued 15 seat belt citations during the recent Thanksgiving enforcement campaign. The Oswego Police Department took the following enforcement actions. • Two speeding citations; • Seven distracted driving (use of electronic communications) citations. Law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated to save lives by getting impaired drivers
Aurora Police are investigating after a man was shot on Aurora’s Eastside, Thursday, Nov. 28 in the afternoon. Just after 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Aurora Police officers responded to a person shot in the 900 block of North Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a 31-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot
Two officers shot in the line of duty during the Henry Pratt mass shooting in February, returned to full-duty after spending the past nine months recovering. “Today is a good day,” Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said Monday evening. Officer Adam Miller was shot in the face when officers tried
UPDATE: FOUND SAFE NEAR HIS CHURCH!He was reunited with his family. A five-year-old boy from the west side of Aurora is missing. His name is Mubengwa. He was last seen on foot in the 400 block of Spruce St. at 5 p.m. Sunday. Mubengwa only speaks Swahili. He was last
November 8, 2019 A Chicago man faces a possible prison sentence for pretending that a truck he parked outside of the Hollywood Casino in Aurora contained an explosive device. Kane County Circuit Judge Donald M. Tegeler, Jr., today found 30-year-old Mustadin Muadinov guilty of the offense of disorderly conduct, Class 3 felony.
Over the past three years, the cities of Aurora and Naperville have been working together to plan and prepare for the worst-case scenario, a potential terrorist attack. Aurora and Naperville were selected as recipients of the Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program) in 2017. The CCTA Program provided federal grant
Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain and Daryl Pass of New Beginnings Recovery Mission share information with members of the Rotary Club of Aurora, Monday.
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
By Joel Frieders In my role as an alderman in Yorkville, I am accustomed to hearing passing stories about the notable achievements of the police officers in Yorkville. What used to be more of a quick story told prior to a meeting followed by a high five in passing, has
By John W. Whitehead Think twice before you call the cops to carry out a well-being check on a loved one. Especially, if that person is autistic, hearing impaired, mentally ill, elderly, suffering from dementia, disabled, or might have a condition that hinders an ability to understand, communicate, or immediately
The Aurora Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation after a man was found stabbed at a home on Aurora’s near East Side early Saturday morning. Just before 5:15 a.m., Aurora’s 911 Center received a report of a person stabbed in the 600 block of Hinman Street. Officers responded to
