Aurora has officially launched a new program that is set to one day give all of the city’s kindergarten students an education savings account with a starting contribution from the city. The program, ...

VNA Health Care has opened another facility in Aurora, this time at the new Bloomhaven Campus in the former Copley Hospital ...

The South Lake Tahoe City Council is in the middle of a dogged fight with Heavenly to annex the California side of the ski ...

Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross is set to retire after more than 30 years at the city’s police department. Outgoing Mayor Richard Irvin is proposing that the position go to current Deputy Chief Matt ...

Three Kane County sheriff’s deputies who shot a man to death have been cleared of wrongdoing. Kane County State’s Attorney ...

MORE TRUMP CUTS: The National Endowment for the Humanities has canceled an annual $2 million grant to Illinois Humanities ...

It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about over the past week: ...

On election night and in an interview with The Beacon-News on Thursday, Laesch laid out plans for his incoming administration ...

(From left) Jose Alfredo Pacheco Gonzalez and his brother Jose Gregorio Gonzalez hold hands during a news conference at the Resurrection Project in Pilsen, hours after Jose Gregorio Gonzalez was ...

In local elections Tuesday, 79 percent of the candidates backed by the Illinois Democratic Party won. Several Republican ...

John Laesch wins the Aurora mayoral race, defeating incumbent Richard Irvin with 52.32% of the vote, promising city unity and sustainable infrastructure investment.

In one of the most closely watched mayoral races in the state, Aurora Ald. John Laesch beat two-term incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin to claim the top spot in the second largest city in Illinois. With ...