Mayor Tom Weisner welcomed Gov. Pat Quinn to downtown Aurora Thursday and officially endorsed the governor's re-election bid during a low-key press conference before a small group of supporters and local dignitaries at North Island Center.

The City of Aurora handed layoff notices to eight more employees Friday, the second such round of layoffs since September. All eight employees were executives or non-exempt, and not covered by any of the city's unions.

A school district is in trouble if its costs rise more than its income rises. But West Aurora and Oswego schools are in a crisis that will likely give them less money than they got last year. Neither district remembers whether this has ever happened.