Steve Lord was a professional journalist for 48 years, the past 41 with The Beacon-News in Aurora. He won numerous regional and statewide awards, including two Peter J. Lisagor awards from the Chicago Headline Club. Raised in Naperville, he has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
The deal is in response to a Jan. 24 overflow of a 30-inch Fox Metro sewer line that caused a backup in 32 homes on Alameda, Sapphire, Almond, Richards and...
The Aurora City Council this week approved spending about $1.5 million with Downers Grove-based NTI National Technologies for projects expanding the city’s fiber optic network.
The city honored Greek Americans by raising the Greek flag in One Aurora Plaza. And while rain forced most of the celebration indoors, officials still honored Greek Aurorans for their...
Aurora will conduct an international search for a company to build a high-rise residential building to fill the vacant site left behind once the casino moves out of downtown.
Aldermen meeting as a Committee of the Whole put establishment of the board on the consent agenda for Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, meaning it is likely to be approved.
An Aurora City Council committee this week backed a program proposed by Ald. John Laesch to subsidize people looking to add solar panels to their houses.
County officials announced Wednesday that with the grant award, the county intends to develop a public-private partnership that will result in more than $40 million in investment in a community-owned...