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Schaumburg police investigate the crime scene outside the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg where Christine Moyer, 45 of Galena, Ohio, was allegedly shot and killed by her father-in-law Roland Schmidt, 76, of Stillman Valley, Illinois, following a wedding at the hotel on July, 25, 2025. (Scott Lasker/Network Video Productions)

Column: Talented journalist Christine Moyer’s words foreshadow her own tragic death outside Schaumburg wedding

August 4, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

Christine Moyer, who was fatally shot outside a wedding in Schaumburg on Saturday, was a former reporter for The Beacon-News and Courier-News, and is being remembered as much for her...

The family of Ogden Thompson, who came from across the country to the Aurora area this weekend for Saturday morning's roadside sign dedication for the Aurora soldier who went missing during the Korean War, gather at the Holiday Inn off of Orchard Road in Aurora to sift through photos and other memorabilia. (Tammy Kitchen)

Column: Family of Korean War MIA from Aurora gather for road dedication and to fill in missing pieces of longtime mystery

July 27, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

On Saturday morning, a portion of Route 25 from Sullivan Road to Ashland Avenue was dedicated in honor of Army Sgt. First Class Ogden Neil Thompson, whose unit was overrun...

Social worker Bridget Flanigan is among a group of local educators who want to start a recovery high school in Aurora, which would make it the first high school in the state just for students in recovery from substance abuse. (Bridget Flanigan)

Column: Local educators want Aurora to offer first ‘recovery high school’ in state

July 24, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.

The school would have a mission to help kids learn to live a substance-free life while receiving an education.

Scott Ascher holds a copy of his book “Walter Payton: Roundhouse Philosopher.” He will hold a book-signing event for the book at Gray's Mill in Montgomery on Friday, July 25, which is the birthday of the late NFL Hall of Fame running back. Payton helped Ascher redevelop the historic Roundhouse in downtown Aurora. (Pamela Ascher)

Column: Author and former Walter Payton business partner to celebrate late sports icon’s birthday

July 22, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

Scott Ascher will host a reception and book-signing for “Walter Payton: Roundhouse Philosopher” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Gray’s Mill at 211 N. River St. in...

Officers with the Yorkville Police Department stop to patronize a neighborhood lemonade stand operated by columnist Denise Crosby's two grandchildren and their friends. The project benefited Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora ... as well as the youngsters, who were made more aware of those less fortunate (Brittany Crosby)

Wanted: more empathy as federal cuts threaten safety nets for the poor

July 20, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

When is a lemonade stand more than a lemonade stand? For one thing, it becomes something special when it is run by your seven-year-old granddaughters...with assistance from two of their...

Quad County Urban League President Theodia Gillespie talks about the impact the group's founder, Marie Wilkinson, had on this community at the QCUL's 50th Anniversary open house Monday in Aurora (Clayton Muhammad)

Clayton Muhammad

Quad County Urban League celebrates 50 years of creating as ‘family’ and ‘game-changer’

July 16, 2025 at 7:27 a.m.

Her photo may have been prominently displayed, along with Aurora matriarch Marie Wilkinson’s, when the Quad County Urban League celebrated its 50th anniversary at Monday’s open house, but Theodia Gillespie...

Aurora Police Officer Gerardo Chaidez speaks at a recent Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole meeting where he was honored by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police for his heroic actions. (R. Christian Smith / The Beacon-News)

Column: Aurora police officer ‘set the bar’ by making heroism a habit

July 13, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Aurora Police Officer Gerardo Chaidez should be getting used to all the attention he’s received since last year when he saved the lives of a West Aurora High School student...

Mercy Medical Center is located at 1325 N. Highland Ave. in Aurora. (R. Christian Smith / The Beacon-News)

Column: Prime Healthcare vows to keep Sisters of Mercy mission alive at medical center in Aurora

July 11, 2025 at 10:20 a.m.

A lot has changed over the years at Mercy Medical Center in Aurora.

Garrett Forrestal plays Jerry Lee Lewis in "Million Dollar Quartet" at the Paramount's Stolp Island Theatre, 5 E. Downer Place in downtown Aurora. The 98-seat venue is designed to get the audience close to the action on stage. (Liz Lauren)

Column: As it nears its one-year anniversary, Paramount’s immersive ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ still going strong

July 8, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the show at the Stolp Island Theatre in downtown Aurora.

The. Rev. William Etheredge in 2022 sits in his office at Aurora Central Catholic High School. He then served as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Sycamore and was recently moved to be the pastor at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Sugar Grove. (Denise Crosby / The Beacon-News)

Column: Former Aurora Central principal now back in area as pastor in Sugar Grove

July 6, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The Rev. William Etheredge on June 18 became the new pastor of St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Sugar Grove.

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