Aurora News

For the third time in five years, three people were named the Roscoe Ebey Citizen of the Year, which is the Kane County Sheriff Department's highest civilian honor.

Homeowners in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 likely will pay more in property taxes next year as the district looks to offset the cost of additional mandates and shortfalls in state funding.

Aurorans Giuliana Eggert, left, and Russ Brown place chrismons on a tree to open the Advent season at Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Aurora Dec. 1. Ron Simmons of Aurora lights a candle to open the Advent season at Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Aurora Dec. 1. A first Hanging of the Greens worship launched the four-week period ... (more)

Temperatures dipped to 3 below zero overnight at O'Hare, with wind chills of 15 below.

Matthew J. Keller, 20, of the 1800 block of Belter Court, Geneva, was charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor at 10:23 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of Kane Street, according to a police report.

Following a complaint from fair housing groups, the federal agency that governs the Aurora Housing Authority has found the AHA's decision to pursue another housing plan instead of rebuilding at Jericho Circle violates the Fair Housing Act.

Jurors needed only two hours on Wednesday to convict an 85-year-old Aurora man of sexually assaulting a young female relative.

National Charity League president Shauna James first experienced the organization in ninth grade when her mother told her they would be joining.

Road construction crews involved in the overhaul of Route 59 on Naperville's northwestern edge appear to be taking their cue from postal carriers.

Now playing thru the 22nd at the Copley Theatre in Aurora is The Second City's Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue .

Twenty years ago, you had maybe three or four places to get a wide selection of craft beers - even fewer if you wanted a spot that served up locally brewed ones.

Children who want to give their holiday wish list to Santa Claus in person can visit jolly St. Nick in December at the David and Karen Stover Visitors Center at Aurora's Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive.

It was a busy Sunday for performing arts in the region. At Aurora University Lisa Fredenburgh, Director of Choral and Vocal Activities and Chair, Music Department, directed the university chorale and chamber choir, plus three audience carols, during the school's annual Christmas concert.

Function and art all came together recently in Aurora at If These Walls Could Talk, a newly-opened framing shop and art gallery that offered a special raffle to help raise money for a local food pantry.

The Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board will act as a bridge between the city's Indian American community and the city, said Dan Barriero, city chief of community services.

Paul J. Santucci, who is also a member of the Naperville Township Republican Organization's executive board, is free on $100 bond and scheduled to appear Dec. 17 in McLean County Circuit Court.

Pam Bellm thought she was going into a business deal when she contacted the Sheridan Correctional Center about having inmates make some of the decorations for the Rotary Club of Aurora's annual Festival of Lights display in Phillips Park.

Monica Vega Aguiniga, 23, of the 0-99 block of Hampton Road, Montgomery, was arrested at 2:26 a.m. at Fernwood and Roulock Road, Montgomery, on a warrant out of Aurora Police Department after she was stopped for driving with no rear registration light, said the Sheriff's office.

The defendant's chair sat empty, but emotional testimony from Enrique Ruiz's alleged victim filled the courtroom on Monday as Ruiz's trial on sex assault charges began without him.

"I had feelings of joy but at the same time sadness for the time missed," a tearful Martinez Rios said.