Aurora City Council members have appointed Brandon Tolliver as the new alderman of the 7th Ward. At 34 years old, Tolliver is now the youngest member of the city council.
WGLT’s Lauren Warnecke visits the WELL Summit, an annual gathering for Illinois women in educational leadership. Hundreds of women from across the state heard featured speakers Lauren Sisler and Cheryl Watkins, with a panel discussion and breakout sessions aimed at building comradery among women in a male-dominated part of the education sector.
East Aurora Unit District 131 had a full month honoring and celebrating black culture, but on Feb. 24, the African American Heritage Advisory Board s dinner brought the spotlight even closer to home.
The community’s goodbye to him, held Friday at St. John AME Church, featured a gospel’s worth of praise from other Aurora leaders who experienced first-hand Rodgers’ unrelenting drive to leave this world a better place, especially for Aurora’s struggling kids.