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Hail bigger than golf balls falls in west, northwest and southwest suburbs

The largest hail reported in the area was in Boulder Hill, south of Aurora, at 2.75 inches in diameter. A golf ball’s diameter is 1.68 inches.

Chicago Sun-Times

A House of Call/Aurora Orchestra review – a dazzling parade of musical imagery

The London Philharmonic were superb in the UK premiere of Heiner Goebbels’ 15-movement work, which is studded with found recordings, while the Aurora Orchestra performed Héloïse Werner’s touching new piece, For Mira

The Guardian - UK

Colorado dentist is charged with murder for allegedly poisoning wife who complained of headaches for weeks

James and Angela Craig had been married for two decades and have six children together

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Aurora girl, 9, credited with saving mom’s life with 911 call and calm, courageous assistance

Aria Lamen called 911 when her mother, Caron, suddenly passed out last month. On Tuesday, Aria was honored by the Aurora City Council for her quick thinking.

Chicago Sun-Times

DNA tests identify remains found in a Will County landfill more than 25 years ago as those of Aurora woman

Marie R. O’Brien was identified after a new examination of the remains was launched by the Will County coroner’s and sheriff’s offices. A cause of death remains unknown.

Chicago Sun-Times

Benedictine order admits keeping cleric at Marmion Academy for years after child sex abuse accusations

The Catholic order’s Marmion Abbey has posted a list of “established offenders.” Unanswered: why Brother Jerome Skaja stayed with the order for years despite “multiple” credible accusations of molesting minors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bulls bring Patrick Beverley home to fill point-guard spot

A source confirmed that Beverley is expected to sign with the Bulls after hitting the open market. The Chicago native, who played high school ball at Waubonsie Valley and Marshall, might bring some much-needed life to the court and locker room.

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Bodycam footage shows knife-wielding suspect charge toward Aurora police officers

Aurora police shoot, wound a man who allegedly made threats to officers and residents at a home Feb. 5. The man was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities say.

Chicago Sun-Times

Questions remain after man with knives is shot, critically wounded by Aurora police

The man lunged at an officer while holding multiple knives during a confrontation Sunday in the 900 block of Colorado, Aurora police Chief Keith Cross said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Aurora police shoot person armed with knives who allegedly made threats

The person lunged at an officer while holding multiple knives during a confrontation in the 900 block of Colorado Avenue, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzker announces $13 million expansion of pre-apprenticeship program designed to promote diversity, inclusion

“We’re ensuring that Illinoisans across the state have access to the resources and wraparound support that sets them up for success,” Pritzker said in marking the second year expansion at St. Augustine College in Uptown. St. Augustine’s Aurora and Grayslake locations received $1 million in funding…

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Colorado officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s death plead not guilty as cases progress toward trial

DENVER — The three Aurora police officers and two paramedics charged in Elijah McClain‘s death pleaded not guilty in Adams County court Friday afternoon as the case progresses toward trial.

The Denver Post

Downtown Christkindlmarket to close Thursday for the season — 2 days early

The Aurora location will also close ahead of schedule due to the poor weather forecast, while the Wrigleyville market will close for the weekend but reopen next week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: How casinos broke their promises to the struggling downtowns of Illinois

Back in 1992, William Weidner, then president of Hollywood Casino of Aurora Inc., set out to Springfield to kill then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s plans for a $2 billion “mega-casino” in downtown Chicago.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to gain stake in cannabis trade

The music and fashion mogul will acquire stores in Chicago and Villa Park and a growing operation in Aurora in a deal with Cresco Labs and Columbia Care.

Chicago Tribune

Proud Boys member from Illinois pleads guilty to assaulting officers in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

An Aurora, Illinois, man who is an admitted member of the far-right group Proud Boys pleaded guilty Wednesday to using a flagpole to assault officers trying to hold back the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, then later bragged in a text message that he’d…

Chicago Sun-Times

Proud Boy from Aurora bragged he ‘bonked 2 cops,’ pleads guilty to Jan. 6 role

James Robert Elliott is the only known member of the Proud Boys from Illinois charged in connection with the Capitol riot. He admitted his membership in the group as part of his plea Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawyer says Benedictine monk sexually abused him as a teen at Marmion school and Catholic order covered it up

‘Treat it as a dead subject,’ the victim says the dean of the Catholic school in Aurora told him. The Benedictines are still keeping secrets about clergy sex abuse, a Sun-Times investigation has found.

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Hollywood Casino Aurora owners want to move out of downtown, rebuild by I-88

The new casino complex would have a 200-room hotel with about 10,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

Benzinga

Amended Autopsy Finds Elijah McClain Died From Ketamine Injected By Paramedics Called By Cops

Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, was forcibly detained by police in Aurora Colorado while walking home from a local supermarket following a 911 call that his behavior was ‘sketchy.’ McClain w

Daily Mirror

Man dies after paramedics inject him with ketamine in police custody after violent arrest

Elijah McClain died after a violent arrest in Aurora, Colorado, in August 2019. Forensic pathologist Stephen Cina said he was given an excessive injection of ketamine

Chicago Sun-Times

1 dead, another wounded in Aurora shooting

A 29-year-old man was killed in a shooting Saturday in the 300 block of Center Avenue.

Reuters

Colorado man Elijah McClain died from OD of sedative given by paramedics, autopsy shows

Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man killed in 2019 after an encounter with police in Aurora, Colorado, died of an overdose of the powerful sedative ketamine that was injected by paramedics, a new autopsy report released on Friday concluded.

The Denver Post

Citing death of Elijah McClain, Aurora officials take hard look at sedatives

DENVER — Aurora officials are debating how to regulate the use of sedatives by paramedics following the high-profile 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who died after a violent encounter with police that ended with paramedics injecting him with ketamine.

Reason

Brickbat: Very Protective

Robin Niceta, a former child protection case worker in a Arapahoe County, Colorado, is facing a felony charge of retaliation against an elected official and a misdemeanor charge of making a false report of child abuse as a mandatory reporter. Police said Niceta anonymously reported that Aurora City Council member…

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