Representative Kifowit seeks veterans’ improvements

This week, Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) introduced a bill aimed at improving workplace information for veterans across the State. The proposed legislation mandates the creation and distribution of a comprehensive veterans and service members’ benefits, services, and protections poster by the Department of Veterans Affairs, made available by

12-year-old Aurora Cancer Patient to be Honored Tonight at Aurora City Council meeting in Recognition of World Cancer Day, Her First Anniversary of Diagnosis

In honor of World Cancer Day on February 4, the City of Aurora government will honor tonight, a young cancer patient who was diagnosed one year ago on February 7, 2023. Sixth-grader Abigail Ayala, 12, was diagnosed with a Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, an aggressive sarcoma. She has spent

Lifetime award to Mary Clark Ormond

Mary Clark Ormond continues to be a history-maker as the third recipient of the Aurora Historical Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Having retired from the Society’s Board of trustees in 2023, the Board recently recognized Mary for the impact she made not only at the organization but Aurora at-large through the