Aurora area group works to rescue deaf animals
Growing up in Indiana, Aurora resident Amber Kay said she was bullied at school and often found comfort in the companionship of animals. Born deaf, Kay said in addition to...
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Fundraiser targets home for disabled
A trivia night Friday hopes to raise enough money to start construction on a backyard deck assessible to the wheelchair-bound residents of Open Door Rehabilitation Center's "Birch" residence in the...
Crossroads Christian Youth Center working to help others
On the final night of their annual summer mission trip to Minneapolis, a group of about 40 members of Big Rock's Crossroads Christian Youth Center discovered a piano which was...
Aurora event promotes value of breastfeeding
At precisely 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aurora's Rose Alvarez was one of 20 other local moms who came together at VNA Health Care's Aurora Avenue location to breast feed their babies...
Aurora event looks to provide school supplies for students in need
With only a couple of weeks left before he begins his sophomore year, West Aurora High School student Joe Carroll was up bright and early to unload pallets and sort...
Special needs playground in Aurora nears completion
As the first adult student to receive Benedictine University's Arthur J Schmitt Future Leaders Scholarship, Aurora's Aimee Ford is determined to bring a little laughter to the Aurora community. On...
Operation Snowball keeps growing at East Aurora High School
In about a month, East Aurora High School graduate Briana Novella will be heading off to Concordia University to major in social work, taking with her many of the leadership...
Janek: ‘Pokemon Go’ craze gets kids moving, so here’s hoping it lasts
After spending the last leg of a two-week vacation in an architecturally significant but Wi-Fi/internet-lacking lake house, we knew we missed the start of something big as soon as we...
Group works to help women get through divorce
To help other women who are facing a situation she once faced herself, Plainfield mother of two Stephanie Austin formed her own nonprofit, Rise from the Ashes, to help other...
Janek: Summer’s not a thing, but something to be enjoyed moment by moment
So far this summer, Bridget and Carmen from "cardholder services" have called me about a hundred times and asked how my summer was going. Maybe it just feels like it's...