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Aurora City Hall is at 44 E. Downer Place in downtown Aurora. The City Council on Tuesday will consider getting a study done on aldermanic and mayoral pay. (City of Aurora)

Aurora looking at study to determine aldermanic, mayoral pay

July 5, 2024 at 1:59 p.m.

Aldermen will vote on spending $23,940 to hire Korn Ferry, a global management company with an office in Chicago, to study where the council might set aldermanic and mayoral salaries...

Aurora looks to annex potential solar farm property

July 3, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

The city of Aurora is looking to force annex an unincorporated pocket of about 40 acres on the far West Side to stop a proposed solar energy farm there.

Aurora to ask for special census due to concerns about undercount of population

July 3, 2024 at 3:31 p.m.

The City Council will vote Tuesday on a memorandum of agreement with the Census Bureau that would have the bureau conduct the special census for a little over $1 million.

Aurora Ald. Emmanuel Llamas, 1st Ward, left, announces through a live-stream press conference Tuesday that he is stepping down as alderman effective Aug. 1. Mayor Richard Irvin stood with Llamas throughout the press conference. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Llamas announces resignation as Aurora 1st Ward alderman

July 2, 2024 at 2:53 p.m.

In a live-streamed press conference Tuesday from Aurora City Hall, Aurora Ald. Emmanuel Llamas said he has to step down from the City Council effective Aug. 1 because he has...

Aurora Ald. John Laesch, at large, speaks Sunday during his announcement that he intends to run for mayor of Aurora in the 2025 election. He made his announcement Sunday in Millennium Park in downtown Aurora. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Ald. John Laesch announces run for mayor of Aurora

June 30, 2024 at 4:07 p.m.

Laesch, one of two alderman-at-large members of the Aurora City Council, made official on Sunday what had long been rumored, that he would make a second attempt to become the...

A rendering of a set for "Million Dollar Quartet," to be performed at the new, immersive Stolp Island Theatre in downtown Aurora. (Jeffrey D. Kmiec)

Aurora City Council approves lease, liquor license for new theater downtown

June 28, 2024 at 4:36 p.m.

The new Stolp Island Theatre will open on July 19 with "Million Dollar Quartet."

The Aurora City Council on Tuesday approved seeking a total of $4 million in federal money to help both Hesed House and Mutual Ground expand. (Hesed House)

Aurora approves grant applications for Mutual Ground, Hesed House projects

July 1, 2024 at 1:51 p.m.

If the city gets the grant awards, the money would go toward reconstructing and thus expanding the family shelter at Hesed House, and toward construction of a new shelter facility...

Mayor Richard Irvin greets people at a ceremony featuring the raising of the Tejano flag in downtown Aurora on Friday. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora recognizes city’s Tejano community during flag-raising ceremony

June 28, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.

The week leading up to Friday’s flag-raising and the 21st annual Tejano Festival Saturday in the city was declared Illinois Tejano Week in Aurora.

The Aurora City Council has approved contracts concerning the plan for a new streetscape on Broadway, seen here at its intersection with New York Street downtown. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Contracts approved as part of planned project to remake Broadway in downtown Aurora

June 28, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

The city could be ready to move forward with the project by the spring of 2025, officials said.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin announces an award for the Citizen Police Academy, honoring its 30th anniversary, during his State of the City address on Wednesday evening. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

In State of City address, Aurora mayor talks about public safety, announces new House Music Festival

June 27, 2024 at 3:03 p.m.

Mayor Richard Irvin’s second State of the City address this year started with the Aurora police and fire departments on center stage and ended in the announcement of a major...

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