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This Friday… Aurora food pantry, university to partner in Trunk or Treat

AURORA, Ill., Oct. 5, 2021 — Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry and Aurora University will partner in a second annual Trunk or Treat Halloween celebration from 4 to 6 p.m.Read More

The 23,030-square-foot project on 2.5 acres was launched with a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 23, 2019.

Salvation Army Aurora Corps dedicates $8 million community Center

Salvation Army Aurora
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 8, 2021 — Salvation Army Aurora (Ill.) Corps held a dedication service Sunday, Oct. 3, for  an $8 million community center at 550 Redwood Drive in Aurora.Read More

Two program presentations Nov. 5 and Nov. 11

Suburban Catholics to host speakers on human trafficking

Terrence Howard
BATAVIA, Ill., Oct. 15, 2021 — Suburban Catholic churches will hold programs on human trafficking in November. On Friday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m., a program will be hosted byRead More

Big Woods School Foundation will hold the walk from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16...

ALERT: Aurora history to come alive at Big Woods Cemetery Walk; benefit for 1918 school renovation Saturday

Big Woods Cementary
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 14, 2021 — Historic Aurora voices will come alive during the Big Woods Cemetery Walk this weekend. Big Woods School Foundation will hold the walk from 6Read More

Houses of worship across the country will be crucial, as the U.S. has said it plans to welcome 95,000 Afghans by September 2022.

How one Chicago church is stepping up to help Afghan evacuees

Afghan evacuees being processed in Texas
by: Emily McFarlan Miller WARRENVILLE, Ill., Oct. 8, 2021 (RNS) — When Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, fell to the Taliban in August, it didn’t take long for the ripple effects toRead More

The public is invited.

APD to host ‘Faith and Blue’ with faith communities Oct. 10

APD patches
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 6, 2021 — With local faith communities, Aurora Police Department will host “Faith and Blue,” a day of reconciliation, from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10,Read More

According to the Kane County Health Department, 11.8 percent of county residents have no health insurance.

Free healthcare clinic in Aurora is seeking volunteers to continue making mission possible

free healthcare clinic
By Tom Siebert AURORA, Ill., Oct. 1, 2021 — Jack Sharratt felt an aching void in his life after recently retiring from a 25-year career as a chiropractor. But theRead More

The product of five years of research...

Aurora U. prof, B. Kooi, pens ‘Seven Highly Effective Police Leaders: 1895-Modern Times’

Brandon Kooi
AURORA, Ill., Sept. 21, 2021 — Brandon Kooi of Naperville, Aurora University criminal justice professor, has written “Seven Highly Effective Police Leaders: 1895-Modern Times.” The product of five years ofRead More

Public drive-thru pop-ups resume Saturday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Oct. 1.

Aurora mobile food pantry to visit senior, low-income, supportive living facilities… pop-ups coming

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry cres
AURORA, Ill., Sept. 6, 2021 — For the first time, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s mobile pop-up pantry will visit Fox Valley senior, low-income and supportive living facilities. A truckRead More

Mobile pantry coming Wednesday!

Wednesday (Sept. 15), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Sept. 11, 2021 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Sept. 15, 5 – 6:30 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead More