Just like the Geneva girls track and field team from a year ago, West Aurora enjoyed a banner year during the regular season. The expression "Triple Crown" occupies a unique status on the athletic landscape. But that it is exactly what the West Auro...

North Aurora Police Chief David Fisher was announced Monday. He won't be sworn in until Wednesday. North Aurora has a new police chief after David Fisher was promoted Monday night. He replaces David Sumner, who has retired. A reception for Sumn...

Sherman Jenkins, the former head of the Aurora Economic Development Commission, has been named to the alderman-at-large seat held by Mayor Richard C. Irvin. Irvin was sworn in last week as mayor, leaving a vacancy in the post he had held for the pas...

Grayslake Central graduate Jason Koziol is going out his senior year at Aurora University in high style. The Midwest Lacrosse Conference announced Koziol as its 'Offensive Player of the Year' for the second straight season. He was joined by five tea...

Kathleen Carroll was a Marine Corps platoon commander in Kuwait and Iraq. Now, Carroll, who grew up in Lincolnshire, heads Amazon's recruitment efforts, which keeps her about as busy. Amazon plans to hire 2,000 Illinois workers over the next 14 mont...

To her West Aurora track and field teammates, she is known simply as “Cinnamon.” “It's because of my complexion when I was born,” Dajour Miles `said of the genesis of her nickname. But the sophomore more than demonstrated Thursday night in Streamwoo...

The Aurora Cosmopolitan Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Tanner House museum, 317 Cedar St. in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. The event will feature tours of the museum, a hand-pup...

May is a month for planting. Offerings at upcoming plant sales include perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants to help Fox Valley gardeners get the growing season off to a good start. May 11 McHenry County College: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ...