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The Aurora 88s roller derby league is hosting its fifth bout tonight at 7 p.m. at the Aurora Skate Center on Montgomery Road.

February 2012 "Veteran of the Month" Richard C. Irvin, of Aurora, IL., and U.S. Army veteran, will be honored next week during a ceremony at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place, 2nd floor, in Aurora.

They're the numbers that determine how many federal dollars are coming to a city, where the new ward boundaries will be drawn and what kind of housing a town needs.

Whether you call their music classical crossover or “popera,” Canadian quartet IL Voce is wowing audiences worldwide with its captivating blend of classical and pop music.

The City Council will vote Tuesday on proposed zoning code changes that would modify regulations for solar and wind energy systems.

Patience and perseverance have paid off for an Aurora family who have moved into their Habitat for Humanity home some four years after they were chosen for the program.

CHICAGO The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs next week will honor Richard C. Irvin, an Aurora resident and U.S. Army veteran, as its February 2012 "Veteran of the Month" during a ceremony at 6 p.m. next Tuesday at the Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place, 2nd floor, in Aurora.

Lupe Moyotl knows that sometimes you need to make a change. That's why, when he and three of his family members started their own business in the former home of Bill's Restaurant in Montgomery, they decided to go with a new name: Riverstone Restaurant .

When Illinois lawmakers increased the personal income tax rate to 5 percent last year, they gave it an expiration date - 2015.

I tok this photo during a pleasant Springtime afternoon back in April of 1988. A westbound Burlington Northern Railroad / early Metra local commuter train enroute to Aurora Illinois, is viewed arriving at the Harlem Avenue station in west suburban Berwyn Illinois USA.

AURORA &#x2013; Austin Mahone, the teen Internet sensation hailing from San Antonio, Texas, will perform a live &#x201c;I <3 You&#x201d; Concert on Valentines Day at the historic Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

They're the newest tool police departments employ to decrease traffic accidents, but to date, red light cameras haven't been extremely effective at curbing crashes in Aurora.

An analysis of affordable housing in Aurora, Elgin and Kane County has found more awareness is needed of fair housing laws, and more outreach is needed on community housing programs.

Impending plans to move to Los Angeles had Aurora native Adam Welton planning to propose to his girlfriend - and soon.

Paige Cordrey, Brenna Feeney, and Alex Stanger model some of the dresses donated to benefit Promfest.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, addresses attendees of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement Conference dinner at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 25, 2010.

AURORA, IL. &#x2013; Heartland Blood Centers, a non-for-profit medical organization servicing 38 area hospitals, is struggling to meet the needs of patients with O Negative blood type in area hospitals.

After a couple months of meetings and maps, parents are looking to send the Oswego School District's boundary committee back to the drawing board, at least for a few details.

LAURA STOECKER/lstoecker@dailyherald.com Wade and Denise Thomas were killed and a dozen others were injured in May 2009 on Route 47 just north of Smith Road in Blackberry Township.

Reducing the number of accidents at crash-prone intersections always has been the goal of Aurora's red-light camera program, and police Chief Greg Thomas said numbers show the effort is succeeding.