Category: Aurora Beacon-News Opinion

In a Letter to the Editor to The Beacon-News, Mayor Richard Irvin said census numbers for Aurora need to be corrected.

More than 500 local students recently received scholarships administered through the foundation in its 2024 scholarship program.

A total of 357 kids are enrolled in this free sports program under Wayside Cross’ Urban Youth Ministry that not only provides new uniforms but also new equipment and team photos to players from ages 5 through 12.

Robert Larson served aboard the battleship USS Texas in both the Atlantic and the Pacific during the war.

Earlier this month I had a chance to combine my love of writing and of kids when West Aurora High School English teacher Katie Johnson invited me to speak to a couple of her sophomore honors classes about a topic that is near and dear to my heart – news literacy.

Paul Kluber, who is known to many in the community as the longtime pharmacist and pharmacy manager at the Osco store on Aurora’s West Side, retired from those positions two years ago.

Michael Garrett Wolancevich going into the Hall of Fame as part of the group Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials.

After talking to Nancy Polizzi of Montgomery, I can see why her co-workers in Labor and Delivery at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield are inspired by her desire to help others.

Enrique Alvarez’s passion for baseball has fueled him while dealing with multiple heart surgeries, cancer.

The curtain at the Paramount Theatre has barely gone up on “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” – its official opening night is Friday evening — but there’s another hot ticket getting attention in Aurora’s burgeoning downtown theater scene.