46+ min ago  (156+ words) Here are four key opportunities in 2026 to deliver safer clean water, healthier clean air, better public transit and mobility, cleaner energy, and less toxic threats for people and our communities. 3. We must deal with data centers. The gold rush to…...

10+ hour, 16+ min ago  (183+ words) The city of Aurora's Youth Services Division will be hosting its annual Youth and Family Resource Fair from 6 to 8 p. m. Thursday, April 23, at Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Ave. in Aurora, city officials said. The annual free event is set to be…...

15+ hour, 7+ min ago  (467+ words) Some course additions and new resources are planned for East Aurora School District 131 next school year. The district recently approved new course materials for some high school math courses, and is planning for a middle school Spanish language arts pilot…...

19+ hour, 49+ min ago  (726+ words) Illinois officials plan to award almost $32 million to licensed cannabis companies, in what some business owners said was a significant move, while others questioned whether it was too little too late to save the start-ups. "It's very exciting," said Edie…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (651+ words) An arcade and a record store in downtown Aurora are set to join together at a new, much-larger location not too far away. Yetee Station, which is currently at 11 N. Broadway, and Superjumbo Records, which is currently at 102 E. Galena Blvd. , are…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (492+ words) Sam Nunez of Aurora says he likes to support his community and when the Aurora Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce offered its first Mercado in Aurora event on Saturday at Wilder Park, he and his family wanted to be there....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (571+ words) A new Potbelly location in Aurora is set to give away free Potbelly food for a year to the first 50 people in line at its grand opening on April 23. Potbelly is a chain of sandwich shops that originated in Chicago…...

2+ day, 39+ min ago  (1074+ words) James Mertes sees dead people " on a court jury list. Mertes, a criminal defense attorney, was alarmed by the glut of dead people whose names turned up on a recent list of potential jurors in rural Whiteside County. Now, he…...

2+ day, 46+ min ago  (370+ words) Children were the focus of a special celebration Saturday afternoon as the Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board offered its annual Dia del Nino event at West Aurora High School. First established in Mexico back in the 1920s, Dia del Nino is…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (919+ words) In case you've not been paying attention, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall and Museum has come a long way since its multi-million-dollar renovation was completed in 2016. With little fanfare but certainly lots of effort, this beautiful 19th century…...