Aurora

A Sunday morning police chase spanned approximately 30 minutes in the western suburbs and ended with three people being taken into custody. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Three individuals were taken into custody after a robbery and police chase through Chicago’s western suburbs on Sunday morning. According to police in DeKalb, an individual was riding his bicycle to work on Sunday morning when he flagged down a police officer. The individual told police that he had been robbed near a gas station on Lincoln Highway by...

A west suburban Aurora woman found the cell phone containing photos of her late boyfriend after a determined search. Nicole Penoyer had to deal with two unfathomable situations in less than a week. Last Wednesday, Penoyer’s boyfriend, Mike Nawara, died unexpectedly. And on Saturday, just three days later, her phone, which contained invaluable pictures of her late partner, was...

A west suburban Aurora woman has had to deal with two unfathomable situations in less than a week. On Wednesday, Nicole Penoyer’s boyfriend, Mike Nawara, died unexpectedly. And on Saturday, just three days later, her phone, which contained invaluable pictures of her late partner, was stolen. That day, Penoyer came to the Walgreens at Constitution Drive and Galena Boulevard...

An Aurora woman whose boyfriend only recently is asking for help after her phone, filled with photos of her deceased boyfriend, was stolen. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has the story.

The City of Aurora will host a community-wide pop-up food pantry Monday for over 1,200 families as the pandemic brings financial burdens. The food pantry will open at 9 a.m. at Phillips Park in Aurora and will allow for no-contact drive-thru food distribution. According to a release, the groceries will include boxes of “fresh and quality” meat, dairy and produce…

Aurora officials laid out a plan for trick-or-treating in the Chicago suburb to allow for Halloween traditions in a COVID-friendly manner. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin announced Friday that the town will allow for “reimagined” trick-or-treating this October. Aurora officials laid out a plan for trick-or-treating in the Chicago suburb that Irvin said will allow for Halloween traditions in a COVID-friendly manner. “This will be a Halloween like we’ve never seen before,” Irvin said. In previous years, Irvin said trick-or-treating hours...

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin announced Friday that the town will allow for “reimagined” trick-or-treating this October.

Note: The news conference can be watched live in the video player above beginning at around 11 a.m. Aurora officials are expected to announce trick-or-treating plans with potential health guidelines amid the pandemic on Friday. Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin is expected to make the announcement at 11 a.m. on Friday at the town’s city hall. Jason Senecker, owner of...

Residents in Aurora are angered and frustrated after cameras caught a driver plowing through a community garden promoting peace. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports

A community garden that includes a fence and shed painted in support of the LGBTQ community was damaged Wednesday night in Aurora, and on Thursday, the garden organizer told NBC 5 she thinks the incident was intentional. Ellie Esparza, who donated her time and money to build the garden near North Union and Claim streets, said a security camera recorded…

The family of a suburban Chicago woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a meatpacking plant where her husband worked and contracted the virus. The family of Esperanza Ugalde alleges in their lawsuit that Aurora Packing Co. in North Aurora failed to take steps to limit the spread of the coronavirus,...

The Colorado attorney general has announced a civil rights investigation into the suburban Denver police department whose officers used a chokehold on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died last year

An Aurora woman convicted of hiring someone to kill her ex-boyfriend must receive a new trial, an Illinois appeals court ordered this week. Maricela Arciga, 33, was found guilty in July 2014 of solicitation of murder for hire and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Aurora Beacon-News reports that a state appellate court found Arciga did not have a fair...

UPDATE: Micaela Flores, 69, has been located in Lemont, IL and is safe, according to police. Aurora police are asking for help in the search of an endangered missing woman. 69-year-old Micaela Flores was last seen at Harbor Freight on State Route 59 in Aurora at 3:54pm on July 9, according to police. Flores, who is Hispanic, 5-foot-2 and 120…

Three people were shot Sunday in west suburban Aurora. The shooting happened in the 100 block of Trask Street, according to a tweet posted by Aurora police at 5:35 a.m. The three victims are being treated for their injuries at Aurora-area hospitals, police said. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call investigators at 630-256-5500.

Three men from Aurora are facing federal charges after allegedly trying to steal from an ATM in the west suburb amid national protesting against police brutality in late May. Fermin Ocampo-Tellez, 27, Diego Vargas, 24, and 19-year-old Michael Gomez are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank theft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of…

Aurora police located 17-year-old Amanda Lopez after she had been missing the past week. Officials located Lopez in her home Thursday and determined that she left and returned on her own accord. Lopez had been seen walking June 25 around 3:30 p.m. near Bent Oak Trail and Eastwood Drive in Aurora, according to police. Lopez, who is Hispanic, 5-foot-6 and…