Megan Jones

Semi-trailer fire damages Aurora business

February 1, 2023 at 8:45 a.m.

A semi-trailer parked at a business on Aurora's West Side caught on fire early Tuesday morning, damaging the loading dock of the facility, officials said. Firefighters responded to a fire...

Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross speaks at the podium while, from left, Deputy Police Chief Matt Thomas, Aurora Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Rhodes and Aurora Fire Chief Dave McCabe listen during a news conference Tuesday to discuss the death of an Aurora man whose car went into an icy pond.

Aurora man dies after car plunges into icy pond

January 31, 2023 at 5:24 p.m.

An Aurora man died early Tuesday morning after losing control of his car which then plunged into an icy pond in a residential area of the city, officials said. The...

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick in his Wheaton office in 2022.

DuPage County sheriff dodges possible censure over assault weapons ban issue

January 30, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick will not face possible censure from the DuPage County Board after he agreed to enforce "all state and local laws" after a discussion which included...

Aurora adopts many changes to special events ordinance

January 29, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.

The Aurora City Council Tuesday night adopted 51 pages of new language for its ordinance covering special events in the city, a day after the city filed its response to...

Aurora police officials said that two Aurora men are accused of carjacking a vehicle in the city on Jan. 22.

Two Aurora men accused of carjacking vehicle in the city

January 27, 2023 at 12:21 p.m.

Two Aurora men are accused of carjacking a vehicle in the city on Jan. 22, police officials said. Caleb Tryell Turner, 21, of the 1600 block of Linden Park Lane,...

Kane County Sheriff's deputies seized guns, suspected marijuana and more than $13,000 in cash from a vehicle after a traffic stop on Interstate 88 in Aurora Township Tuesday, officials said.

Chicago man facing gun, drug charges after I-88 traffic stop in Aurora Township

January 26, 2023 at 10:19 a.m.

Kane County Sheriff's deputies seized guns, suspected marijuana and more than $13,000 in cash from a vehicle after a traffic stop on Interstate 88 in Aurora Township Tuesday afternoon, officials...

Supporters of DuPage County Sheriff Mendrick rally outside the DuPage County building prior to the county board meeting on Jan. 24, 2023.

Hundreds flood DuPage County Board meeting to speak out on sheriff’s statement against enforcing state’s ban on assault weapons

January 24, 2023 at 6:21 p.m.

More than 200 people came to the DuPage County Board meeting in Wheaton Tuesday to make their voices heard after DuPage Sheriff James Mendrick's statement earlier this month that he...

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