Aurora land annex would come in R3 A proposed condominium site off Ind. 148, Sunnyside Ave., would be annexed by the city with R3 zoning, multi-family residential, under the ordinance city council will review Monday, Oct. 20.
That’s despite an August recommendation from Aurora Plan Commission against rezoning the property from R1, the zoning under which most annexed property comes into the city.
By including the proposed zoning in the ordinance, the R1 zoning is superseded... Read more...

O’Brien built SD soccer AURORA - Jim O’Brien has worn many different hats over the course of his rich, full 61 years on the planet.
The same baseball cap that childhood teammate Pete Rose donned back in Sedamsville.
An Elder Panthers helmet, from Cincinnati’s westside football hotbed.
U.S. Navy headgear, under which he frequently had to duck as a member of the elite Swift Boat river patrol during the Vietnam War... Read more...

Mary Vankirk Funeral services for Mary Rose Vankirk, 82, Greensburg, formerly of Aurora, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Rullman Hunger Denney Funeral Home, Aurora, with burial in Riverview Cemetery, Aurora. Visitation noon until the time of services at the funeral home. Mrs. Vankirk died Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Greensburg. She worked as a lineworker for Seagram’s Distillery, retiring after 40 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Greensburg, Eastern Star and Decatur County Senior Citizens. She is survived by her husband, Harold Vankirk; a son, Dayral Hall, Aurora; stepdaughter, Monica Ogden, Osgood; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Decatur County Hospice. Read more...