Aurora News

The wife of an Illinois Tollway worker who died in a fiery January crash on the Reagan Memorial Tollway near Aurora is suing the truck driver charged with causing the crash and the trucking company that employed him.

An Aurora man has been charged with felony arson after allegedly setting the porch of a building on fire twice on Saturday.

Lisa Simoncelli-Bulak had kindergarten on the brain two years before she was selected to lead East Aurora School District's new kindergarten center.

Montgomery Village President Matt Brolley told the village board last week he does not believe the village should seek passage of a referendum to give the village Home Rule status under Illinois law.

An employee at Aurora Central High School was arrested Sunday night on charges that he sexually assaulted a special needs student, the Aurora Police Department said.

Not in the real world Watching all levels of government in Kane County is so upsetting.

A Richard's Flexofold wooden sled produced in 1909 in Aurora hangs in the booth of Doug and Diane McElwain's Sport and Spool Antiques of Goldsboro, N.C., on Sunday at the Fox Valley Antique Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds.

Planner The City of Aurora is seeking a Planner for the Planning and Zoning Division.

The best place to do that, leading up to the St. Patrick's parade on Saturday, has always been McNally's Traditional Irish Pub.

East Aurora School Board member Stella Gonzalez speaks to 9-year-old Gates Elementary student Anthony Gonzales and mother Ronda Feliciano after the board voted not to expel Gonzales for bringing a toy gun to school.

School board members were left to select another candidate after Jesse Rodriguez, their first choice, withdrew his acceptance of the position at the end of February.

The Aurora Junior Woman's Club, together with Aurora Children's Dental Service, will present their 55th musical an adaptation of “Mary Poppins” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14, and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, in the West Aurora High School auditorium at 1201 W. New York St., Aurora.

The 2014 midterm election season officially kicked off with Tuesday's primaries in Texas.

Police said an Aurora officer was driving near Prairie Street and South Fordham Avenue around 3:40 p.m. when he routinely ran the license plate of a vehicle.

Adam Michaels is Roger and Adaez Kelley is Mimi in "Rent," on stage March 12-April 6 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

Police Chief Leonard Papania said Thursday that Giovannia A. Padilla, 22, of Aurora, Ill., and Liedgrin E. McGee, 32, of Pascagoula, were arrested Tuesday on a felony charge of shoplifting.

A former Aurora man with a lengthy criminal history, including a murder conviction that landed him in prison for 60 years, faces an upcoming trial for attempted murder.

The Adult Literacy Project at Waubonsee Community College is seeking volunteer tutors to help adult students increase their proficiency in reading, writing and speaking English, as well as math and other basic skills.

East Aurora School District's next superintendent will "probably not" speak both Spanish and English, the district's school board president said Thursday.

Batavia should consider encouraging the development of live-and-work spaces in its downtown to appeal to young professionals, and to build on its efforts to develop a downtown arts community.