Aurora

Two Years After He Went Missing, Search For Timmothy Pitzen Goes On

It is impossible for Aurora Police Detective Lee Catavu to fathom the number of hours he has spent trying to bring Timmothy Pitzen home.

2013/05/13

Ahmad Tounisi, 18, allegedly wanted to go to Syria to join a terrorist group. (Family handout)

Aurora Terror Suspect To Remain In Custody

An Aurora man accused of trying to join an overseas terror group will remain in federal custody afterall.

2013/05/03

Terror Suspect Might Be Confined At Home Before Trial

An 18-year-old Aurora man accused of trying to join a terrorism organization overseas might be confined at home as he awaits a federal trial, but federal prosecutors will challenge a judge’s ruling on the suspect’s bond.

2013/05/02

Aurora police and firefighters honored for saving 14yr old. (Credit: Lisa Fielding)

Aurora Honors Police, Firefighters For Saving Teen’s Life

Steven Prosser says he can’t even begin to know how to thank the men who saved his daughter Annie the night that she and three others were in a car that was submerged in a retention pond off of I-88.

2013/04/30

Only a chain-link fence and a few yards of grass separate this retention pond from an exit ramp from Interstate 88. A young mother died and a 14-year-old girl nearly drowned when a car plunged into the pond, and the girl's father wants a guardrail installed to avoid such accidents in the future. (Credit: CBS)

Police, Firefighters To Be Honored For Saving Teen

The Aurora Police Department will honor seven Aurora police officers who, along with six Aurora firefighters, saved the life of 14-year-old Annie Prosser, who nearly drowned on March 9 after the vehicle in which she was riding crashed into a retention pond.

2013/04/27

File Photo Of A Handgun (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

Man Found Fatally Shot In Head In Aurora

A 26-year-old Joliet man was fatally shot in the head in Aurora Tuesday night.

2013/04/24

Facing Terror Charges, Aurora Teen Appears In Court

A suburban teenager, accused of trying to support a terrorist organization, appeared in federal court on Tuesday, but his arraignment was delayed.

2013/04/23

Federal Suspect’s Father: My Son Is No Terrorist

Abdella Ahmad Tounisi of Aurora is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He is expected to make an appearance in federal court Tuesday morning.

2013/04/22

FBI Arrests Aurora Teen On Charge Of Supporting Terrorism Overseas

The FBI arrested an Aurora teen they allege attempted to travel to Syria to join a jihadist militant group, according to an FBI press release.

2013/04/20

Aurora Woman Honored As 911 Operator Of Year

Rosa Bocanegra says every day, every shift, she has to be ready for the unexpected.

2013/04/17

Three Teens Charged In Aurora Shooting

A 19-year-old man and two teenage boys were charged with attempted murder Tuesday for shooting another teenager Monday evening in west suburban Aurora.

2013/04/16

Alexander Wood was charged with one felony count of threatening a judge, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s office. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's office)

Aurora Man Charged With Threatening Cook County Judge

A west suburban man was charged Wednesday with leaving a message with a Cook County prosecutors threatening the judge who sentenced him.

2013/03/27

Reagan Tollway Reopens After Fatal Crash Near Aurora

A woman was killed Tuesday night, when a semi and an SUV collided on the Reagan Memorial Tollway near Aurora, shutting down the westbound lanes of the tollway for more than five hours.

2013/03/27

Major Delays After Metra Train Strikes, Kills Pedestrian In Hinsdale

An inbound Metra train struck and killed a pedestrian in Hinsdale on Monday afternoon.

2013/03/18

Car-Into-Pond Accident Claims Life Of Young Mother

Emory Diaz-Sepulveda was mother to a 3 ½-month-old baby named Roy. He’ll never know his mom now, after the accident off Interstate 88 in Aurora. CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov reports.

2013/03/10

A Chevy Cobalt landed upside down and was submerged in the pond.

Body Pulled From Pond After Car Spins-Out

CBS 2 has learned the identity of a woman killed after her car crashed into a retention pond off eastbound I-88 and the Eola exit in west suburban Aurora.

2013/03/09

Woman Crashes Car Into Lake In Aurora During Snowstorm

A west suburban Aurora woman’s car left the roadway and landed in a lake at the start of Tuesday’s winter storm.

2013/02/28

BGA, 2 Investigators: Taverns Give Campaign Cash To Mayors Who Regulate Them

At least 50 mayors who double as liquor commissioners have taken campaign contributions totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same bars they watch over. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.

2013/02/26

$27,000 Diamond Stolen From Aurora Jewelry Store

Aurora Police detectives are trying to crack a puzzling case. Call it the “mystery of the missing 27 thousand dollar diamond.” CBS2’s Mike Parker is also checking it out.

2013/02/13

Aurora Man Examines Antique Outhouses

An Aurora man communes with the lives of the long departed by taking a shovel to the remains of their outhouses.

2013/02/09

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