Aurora News

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."

Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

Some Naperville-area legislators are standing firm in their opposition to both a progressive income tax in Illinois and making permanent the 2011 income tax increases.

The Illinois attorney general's office is seeking to have a 49-year-old Aurora man classified as a sexually violent person and detained indefinitely by the state's Department of Human Services after his prison release.

North Aurora resident Floyd Hoffman, 95, responds at his appreciation luncheon at Aurora Country Club Wednesday for his volunteer service at VNA Health Care in Aurora.

The Aurora Housing Authority plans to move the agency's central offices to the vacant Jericho Circle site this summer.

Under the special resolution, establishments with Class A, B, E, and F licenses would be allowed to stay open one hour later on Cinco de Mayo, May 5. The Mexican holiday falls on a Monday this year.

A 70-year-old Wheaton man died Monday night after jumping from the fifth-floor of the Hollywood Casino parking garage, 43 E. Galena Blvd. in Aurora, police said.

Pro-Life Action League Connects Innocent Abortion of Preborn Children to Christ's Crucifixion Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333, tc@tcpr.net AURORA, Ill., April 15, 2014 / Christian Newswire / -- Good Friday, April 18, 2014, will be marked at Aurora's Planned Parenthood center as a day of mourning and prayer for lives lost to abortion.

These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.