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Five to be inducted into Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame

February 14, 2020 at 12:27 p.m.

Five artists have been chosen for induction into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame, organization officials announced. Three of the artists are in the performing arts-music category: Patrick Beckman,...

State Rep. Barbara Hernandez and Aurora attorney Juan Thomas are vying for the state House seat in the 83rd District on the March 17 Democratic primary ballot.

Taxes, jobs focus at Aurora forum for 83rd District candidates

February 13, 2020 at 2:04 p.m.

Taxes and jobs were among the issues discussed at a forum in Aurora Wednesday night for Democratic candidates in the 83rd District state representative race. Current 83rd District state Rep....

New technology director named in School District 308

February 12, 2020 at 10:09 a.m.

Oswego-based School District 308 has named a new director of technology who will serve until the end of the school year. The District 308 School Board this week approved the...

Next principal chosen for Oswego High School

February 11, 2020 at 12:58 p.m.

A familiar face will return to Oswego-based School District 308 as principal of Oswego High School next school year. The District 308 School Board this week approved the hiring of...

Actor Johnny Lee Davenport, a graduate of West Aurora High School, seen here in the 2018 play "Thurgood," died Feb. 2 at age 69.

Friends, family mourn actor Johnny Lee Davenport, who went from West Aurora High School to movies and the stage

February 9, 2020 at 10:38 a.m.

From the theater stage at West Aurora High School, Johnny Lee Davenport became an accomplished film and classical theater actor. Davenport, 69, died Feb. 2 in Boston. The cause of...

20-year old man fatally shot on Aurora’s southeast side

February 9, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot on Aurora's southeast side late Friday night, police said. Aurora police officers were dispatched shortly before midnight on a report of a person being...

Oswego exempts food trucks from village’s food and beverage tax

February 7, 2020 at 12:21 p.m.

Oswego has decided to exempt food trucks from a food and beverage tax and registration fee imposed three years ago. The village adopted an ordinance in October 2017 that established...

Fitness center to fill empty Dick’s Sporting Goods site in Yorkville

February 6, 2020 at 11:14 a.m.

A Naperville fitness center is opening a new location in the vacant Dick's Sporting Goods store in Yorkville. Signature Fitness Club will occupy the entire 50,050 square feet of the...

Proposed Oswego entertainment venue seen as being ‘community-based’

February 6, 2020 at 10:46 a.m.

Oswego trustees this week authorized village staff to prepare a request for proposals for an architect to work on the proposed entertainment venue in town, which officials said would be...

West Aurora applies for state grant for roof replacement at Hall Elementary School

February 4, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

West Aurora School District 129 will apply for a state grant to help fund roof replacement at Hall Elementary School. The District 129 School Board recently authorized the submittal of...

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