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Aurora Mayor John Laesch, right, attends the Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, ribbon-cutting event for First Presbyterian Church’s Gospel Justice Center in Aurora, which is being led by Linda Dudley, left, and a team of church volunteers. (John Ross)

Column: More Fox Valley churches opening legal aid clinics to address justice issues

January 26, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A couple dozen of the Gospel Justice Centers are open in the Aurora area.

The Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora recently announced the lineup for its next Broadway Series of shows. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Column: Paramount Theatre in Aurora cautiously optimistic as new season is announced

January 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Paramount’s new season is opening in August with a little attitude, and some might say that’s appropriate considering the challenges the Aurora theater faced in 2025.

Waubonsee Community College President Brian Knetl hosts a ceremony to launch a new free shuttle program between Waubonsee's Aurora and Sugar Grove campuses on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Aurora. (Mark Black/For The Beacon-News)

Column: Waubonsee Community College’s 5-year initiative aimed at a RISE in local involvement

January 18, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The initiative's mission is to guide the college’s work for the next five years, concentrating on priorities and goals that reflect the evolving needs of the community.

The hotel at the site of the new Hollywood Casino-Aurora resort, which is set to open in the first half of 2026, as seen on Dec. 19, 2025. (R. Christian Smith/The Beacon-News)

Column: Hollywood Casino to hold job fair for new Aurora facility

January 15, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Hollywood Casino Aurora will hold a job fair on Saturday for its new facility set to open later this year near Interstate 88 in the city.

Stephanie Weber and her sixth-grade teacher Joe Popp attend an "art dash" fundraiser in Oregon, Illinois, last year that Weber, the executive director of Suicide Prevention Services/Stone Manor Counseling, will be replicating in March to raise money for more therapists for the Fox Valley nonprofit she founded nearly 30 years ago. (Megghun Redmon)

Column: With ‘fear and anxiety’ rising, Suicide Prevention Services to hold fundraiser for more therapists

January 13, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

Suicide Prevention Services will hold its “Spring into Art" fundraiser from 5:30-9:30 p.m. March 19 at Society 57 in downtown Aurora.

Deb Schmalholz, left, who tutors PJ once a week in the ESL program at the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora, says she gets more than she gives as a volunteer with the center. (Dominican Literacy Center)

Column: Tutors at Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora rise to the challenges of current immigration crackdown

January 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Dominican Literacy Center needs more volunteers, and is offering a training session at its headquarters at 260 Vermont Ave. in Aurora on Jan. 17.

Medical Assistant Loreal Velastegui prepares a flu vaccine to be administered at the Esperanza Health Centers Brighton Park North Clinic in Chicago on Dec. 31. The flu season is in full force across the Chicago region, including in the Aurora area. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Column: Aurora area health care experts express concerns about current flu season: ‘It makes me nervous’

January 8, 2026 at 2:42 p.m.

It has been a harsh flu season so far, officials at Aurora area hospitals say.

At right, Evan Dolan dances with Jessie Potter in "White Christmas" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora. (Boris Martin)

Column: After eight shows in the ensemble, ‘White Christmas’ star at Paramount in Aurora knows how to shine

December 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

For Evan Dolan, the role of Phil Davis is “the culmination of everything I have to offer.”

From left, Aurora Alds. Keith Larson and Will White stand with Annie Fish, executive director of the Aurora Winter Warming Center, inside the building at 712 S. River St. (Patrick Fish)

Column: Legacy of caring guides leader of Aurora’s new warming center

December 16, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

For Annie Fish, it all comes down to "where my heart is."

Column: School history projects an age-old way to keep family narratives going

December 16, 2025 at 8:36 a.m.

Learning about family history can lead to a growing understanding of how each of us are chapters in an ongoing narrative.

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