At least two people are dead and homes were leveled after tornadoes and “gumball”-size hail tore through Kankakee County and neighboring parts of Indiana Tuesday evening.

Photos: Tornadoes rip across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana

Aurora’s child savings account program, announced with fanfare two years ago and launched last year, has been quietly shuttered.

After surviving so many health scares of his own, an apparent heart attack took Jose Antonio “Tony” Galvez’s life March 5, a few weeks shy of his 38th birthday.

The Beach Boys will perform at RiverEdge Park at 360 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora on Friday, Aug. 14, park officials announced on Tuesday.

The Democratic race for the Kane County Board seat in District 2 in the March 17 primary election includes Ellen Nottke, Matthew Dingeldein and Martha Davidson.

In November, a jury found the Aurora man guilty of first-degree murder.