Aurora Women’s Empowerment Foundation purchases famed artist’s painting “Grand Mere.”
Column: ‘Incredible’ Ruth Van Sickle Ford painting back in Aurora
Category: Aurora Beacon-News Opinion
Column: Bringing lost Fox Valley dog home a group effort that continues to hold out hope
Friends, neighbors and dog specialists try to help locate long-lost retriever.
Metra CEO pay hiked to more than $325,000
Metra board members authorized another pay raise for Jim Derwinski, as Metra faces continued low ridership.
Column: Training and heart kick in when tragedy strikes
People across the city and beyond quickly responded after the mass shooting at the Pratt warehouse in Aurora five years ago, embracing an “Aurora Strong” mantra.
Column: Volunteer ushers at Paramount in Aurora deserve to take a bow
The theater has 312 ushers in its database, with the active group consistently between 70 and 80 people.
Column: Vigil held in Aurora for former Pratt employees, police on fifth anniversary of mass shooting
A few dozen people stood quietly near the wind-whipped flagpole of the now-shuttered Pratt warehouse to remember and to draw strength from each other.
Exterior demolition gets underway at former Will County Courthouse
All of the windows at the former Will County Courthouse in downtown Joliet were recently removed, and the wrecking ball began hitting the fourth floor of the building at 14 W. Jefferson St.
Column: Holy Angels ‘institution’ will retire after 54 years of teaching at Aurora school
Beloved junior high teacher Laura Waegner called a “star of the school.”
Column: COD professor from Naperville has a heart for competition
After having a stent put in after being told he had a 95% blockage in his largest coronary artery, Ken Gray worked his way back to win the Obstacle Course Racing World Championship.
Column: Roads to be dedicated to honor Aurora area MIAs from Korean, Vietnam wars
It’s hard to imagine Gold Star Father Bob Patterson describing himself as “one of the lucky ones.” Until you hear the North Aurora man explain why. “I know what happened to my son,” he says, referring to Christopher Patterson, a graduate of West Aurora High School who was killed at age 20 by an IED in Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2012. “I know where he is … we got to bring him home.” That’s not the case, however, for the thousands of POW/MIAs whose families, even decades later, don’t know how their loved ones died or where their remains are […]