Steve Lord

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 Aurora City Council has approved a $100,000 option to purchase two lots along Lake Street, including this lot at Lake and Spruce streets. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora approves option to buy Lake Street properties

November 27, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

The Aurora City Council has approved a $100,000 option to purchase two lots along Lake Street, just north of New York Street downtown.

Aurora City Council approves spending grant funds on public safety technology items

November 27, 2024 at 3:14 p.m.

The Aurora City Council has approved using money from a federal grant to replace police and fire department laptop computers and some closed-circuit TV cameras.

Aurora church to provide warming center this winter

November 27, 2024 at 2:54 p.m.

Wesley United Methodist Church will host and manage a warming center this winter in Aurora, thanks to an agreement with the city approved this week.

Jaylen Lockhart, holding his daughter, hugs his grandmother and mother during ceremonies honoring him at the Aurora City Council meeting on Tuesday night. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora hero Jaylen Lockhart honored by City Council

November 27, 2024 at 1:17 p.m.

Lockhart has become the city’s most famous Good Samaritan, a symbol of citizenship above and beyond the call of duty, for his actions a little less than two weeks ago.

Traffic moves through the busy intersection of Bilter Road and Farnsworth Avenue in Aurora, with the new Hollywood Casino-Aurora project in the background. Both roads, along with Church Road, are slated to get a lot of work in the near future. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora eyes addition to engineering contract for northeast side roadwork

November 26, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

An Aurora City Council committee this week recommended an addendum to the contract with HR Green, Inc. of Aurora for engineering of the work to be done at Farnsworth Avenue,...

Aurora looks at installing 10 EV charging stations at new Public Works building

November 26, 2024 at 1:19 p.m.

Aldermen at this week’s Infrastructure and Technology Committee meeting recommended an agreement with Maryland-based Blink Network, LLC to install 10 EV charging stations at the new building, with the potential...

Aurora Electoral Board kicks Karina Garcia off 2025 election ballot for mayor

November 25, 2024 at 1:21 p.m.

An Aurora Electoral Board Monday said the failure to file a proper economic interest statement was enough to force Karina Garcia off the ballot for mayor in 2025.

Aurora gets dates for special census

November 23, 2024 at 2:13 p.m.

Aurora’s special census will be in March 2025, although the process actually will start a week earlier in February.

Aurora City Council to vote on additional surveys of residents

November 23, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

The Aurora City Council will vote Tuesday on adding onto a contract it has with Zencity Technologies to do four short surveys of Aurora citizens on their attitudes about certain...

A table tent sits on a table at Taqueria Durango in North Aurora, one of a number of locally-owned restaurants in the Aurora area that display the tents to publicize the Aurora Holiday Food Drive, which ends on Wednesday. (Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry)

Aurora Holiday Food Drive moves into its final days

November 23, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.

The 17th annual Aurora Holiday Food Drive is moving into its final days, and organizers said this year’s drive is slightly behind the pace from last year.

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