DuPage disaster drill tests emergency response to plane crash
What if a plane crashed at DuPage Airport and everybody showed up for it? That's what the scene looked like Saturday morning on Runway 2R, where a steady stream of...
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North Aurora discusses new businesses for service station site
North Aurora Village Board members could not agree this week on exactly what type of business they'd like to see at the former Marathon service station site at the northwest...
Batavia school board puts full-day kindergarten plan on hold
Batavia School District 101 will not offer full-day kindergarten next school year, the Board of Education decided this week. Board members unanimously voted Tuesday to table the controversial proposal until...
Fox Valley food truck adds voter registration to its menu
"Voter registration?" queried a passerby as he read the notice on a truck parked in front of Yetee art gallery/T-shirt factory Friday evening in downtown Aurora. "This looks like a...
North Aurora trustees want more commercial space in planned development
North Aurora Village Board members have told Geneva development firm Shodeen Inc. that they want more commercial space, with higher-end tenants, in a proposed mixed-use development that's mostly residential. During...
Batavia School District may offer full-day kindergarten
Batavia School District 101 could offer full-day kindergarten next fall, if officials can figure out how to pay for the optional, fee-based program. Board of Education members have agreed to...
Family, friends mourn death of Batavia High School student
Though tears flowed at Matthew Nena's visitation Wednesday, smiles and even laughter also broke out as friends, classmates and teachers remembered the 17-year-old Batavia resident's life. A funeral Mass for...
Jamie Lee Curtis gets kids thinking during visit to Batavia school
If you had to leave your home country forever and could only bring one small suitcase, what would you pack in it? Children's book author – and Hollywood actress –...
Alumnae visit former Madonna high school in Aurora
The moment Trudy Huberty stepped into the gymnasium at the former Madonna High School building in Aurora, she recalled a grim November day in 1963 that marked her life forever....
Students, school officials laud Batavia’s new artificial turf sports field
Two days after Batavia High School's controversial new artificial turf athletic field opened for use, several students, school officials and Bulldogs fans agreed it was well worth the time and...