Hesed House, a homeless shelter in Aurora, is set to expand its family shelter space with help from a nearly $1.6 million state grant.

Chronic absenteeism rates again fell in Indian Prairie School District 204, and all but two district schools were designated as exemplary or commendable in their 2025 Illinois Report Card.

A number of events are planned to honor Veterans Day in the Aurora area.

A shooting on Aurora’s near East Side Friday night left two men hospitalized with gunshot wounds, according to the Aurora Police Department.

Two Aurora men, both 18, are facing felony charges after police responded to a business alarm activation early Friday morning and found damage to two businesses along South Eola Road, the Aurora Police Department said in a news release Monday.

The blast of cold weather that swept through the Chicago area over the weekend was welcomed by visitors to Geneva on Saturday who felt it perfectly complemented the Geneva Chamber of Commerce’s annual Cocoa Crawl event.

At the Batavia state of the city address, Mayor Jeff Schielke told a business audience the city is experiencing growth.