Aurora News

Five were taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center or Cadence Mercy Center, both in Aurora, according to a press release from Montgomery police.

Help Save Pets, an animal rescue in Plainfield, will present "Raise the Woof: A Standup Comedy Show" on Friday, May 8, at Copley Theater in Aurora.

Bolstered by recent "puppy mill" bans in Chicago and suburban Cook County, protesters from The Puppy Mill Project picketed along Randall Road in Batavia Saturday.

AmeriCorps VISTA program participant Michelle Meifert of North Aurora works with Monica Zawicki of Wheaton, also an AmeriCorps VISTA participant, on a poverty simulation project at the Northern Illinois Food Pantry in Geneva.

According to police reports, graffiti included pitchforks, stars, letters and other symbols.

The second of two Chicago men implicated in a string of catalytic converter thefts in Naperville and Aurora has been sentenced to jail in one of those crimes.

As a little girl growing up in Mexico, she remembers watching the Living Stations of the Cross, a traditional re-enactment put on by churches of Jesus Christ carrying the cross to his death.

An Aurora man has been indicted on charges that he sexually abused a child under the age of 13, and failed to register as a sex offender in December, Kendall County Court records show.

Michael Zyzak – the unanimous winner of the David Popper Cello International Competition in Hungary – will perform during the Operatic Treasures concert Sunday, April 27, in Aurora University's Crimi Auditorium in Aurora.

Ray Shepardson's apparent suicide in downtown Aurora on Monday evening has left the Paramount Theatre president struggling with emotions a and for answers.

Aurora resident Maria Malayter 46, was on her way to Geneva's 60 Men Who Cook fundraiser in St. Charles when she answered 11 questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Brenda Schory.

That was the message from Administration Committee Chairman Ron Ford, D-Aurora, Thursday after the group decided to switch directions on a roofing project for a county building in downtown Geneva.

A second historical mural has been found at the vacant West Aurora/Aurora Christian building on the city's West Side.

North Central College in Naperville invites community members to join in for the eighth annual day of service on May 3. The event, called Intersection, begins at 7:45 a.m. Volunteers can choose one of two locations to gather and register: in Naperville in the lobby at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., and in Plainfield at Grace Pointe ... (more)

A Sandwich man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender after an anonymous tip came in that he wasn't living at his registered address.

The Naperville trucking company whose semi was involved in a fiery fatal crash earlier this year can put its trucks back on the road, a judged ruled Wednesday afternoon.

TEC and Crossville Create Approved Installation System for Large Format Thin Panels AURORA, ILProducts from TEC have been endorsed by Crossville for use with its Laminam by Crossville line of large thin porcelain panels.

Vero Voce School of Performing Arts is pleased to announce that seven of its voice students have been honored in the 2014 Hal Leonard Competition.

A West Chicago man was charged with drunken driving early Wednesday morning after Aurora police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car.

Submitted by the Navy League Aurora Council 247: The after dinner speaker at the Aurora Council of the Navy League's April 15 dinner meeting was Major General John L. Borling, USAF , who spoke on "Reflections on Life in the Hanoi Hilton for Over Six Years."