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Crime and Public Safety

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Church, home struck by gunfire on East Side of Aurora, police say

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After a one-year hiatus, Aurora GreenFest set to return

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Volunteer firefighter accused of arson in wildfire that burned 700 acres in northwest Illinois nature preserve

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