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.

Three City Council candidates knocked off 2025 Aurora election ballot

November 22, 2024 at 4:27 p.m.

An Aurora Electoral Board ruled in favor of objections to two aldermanic candidates Friday, and a third withdrew her motion to dismiss the objection against her.

Aurora City Council to vote on using grant money for laptop computers for police, fire departments

November 22, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.

The Aurora City Council will vote Tuesday on using money from a federal grant to replace police and fire laptop computers and some closed-circuit TV cameras.

City Council to vote on special request that could bring Panda Express to Savannah Crossing

November 21, 2024 at 4:11 p.m.

The Aurora City Council is set to approve an amendment to the original plan for Savannah Crossing to allow for a new Panda Express restaurant with a drive through. The...

InterFaith Aurora to hold Thanksgiving, unity celebration

November 21, 2024 at 3:09 p.m.

InterFaith Aurora will hold a Thanksgiving celebration Sunday at New England Congregational Church in Aurora. The annual "Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship" is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.,...

City of Aurora officials are looking have the city buy property on Lake Street in the downtown area, seeking to control how it is redeveloped. (Steve Lord/Beacon-News)

Aurora looks to buy Lake Street property to be ‘in control of the destiny’ of its prime downtown location

November 20, 2024 at 4:21 p.m.

Aurora officials are looking at purchasing two land parcels on Lake Street, just north of New York Street in the downtown area. City economic development officials told the City Council...

Aurora electoral board hears objections to mayoral, aldermanic candidate petitions

November 20, 2024 at 3:57 p.m.

An Aurora electoral board’s decision to keep a mayoral candidate on the ballot in the upcoming election could hinge on the candidate’s economic interest statement. That is one of the...

Marmion Academy, an all-boys high school in Aurora, has announced it intends to begin accepting female students as early as the 2026-27 school year. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Marmion Academy in Aurora, an all-boys school for more than 90 years, announces intention to become co-ed

November 20, 2024 at 11:46 a.m.

Marmion Academy, a college-prep high school for boys in Aurora, has announced it intends to begin accepting female students as early as the 2026-27 school year.

Mayor Richard Irvin speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday for Giardino Trattoria and Pizzeria in downtown Aurora, the second new restaurant in the historic Hobbs Building. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Italian restaurant opens in historic Hobbs Building in downtown Aurora

November 18, 2024 at 4:07 p.m.

A ribbon-cutting was held recently for Giardino Trattoria and Pizzeria, a new Italian restaurant at 12 N. River St.

Election petition challenges in Aurora could hinge on candidates’ intentions

November 18, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.

The city electoral board Monday heard arguments from attorneys for both candidates and objectors in a meeting at Aurora City Hall.

Bags of food from a past Aurora Holiday Food Drive sit waiting to be put on the shelves at the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry. This year's drive ends Nov. 27. (Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry)

Rounding up bill latest way to donate to Aurora Holiday Food Drive

November 15, 2024 at 5:50 p.m.

The drive began Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 27.

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