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Aurora Smoky Hill HS grad Bowen Yang to depart SNL mid-season
NORAD continues decades-long tradition of tracking Santa’s trip around the world
Reduced state and federal funds impact Aurora’s homeless grants for next year
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Metro Aurora
Aurora city eyeing applicants for planning and zoning, civil service commissions
City council will hold public interviews for Planning and Zoning applicants.
Jury convicts man for Aurora robbery that terrified mother and children
The home invasion linked to Facebook Marketplace and carried out in front of a woman’s children
Rep. Crow joins four Dems condemning Trump’s Afghan immigration policies as excessive
“The horrific actions of one individual should not be used to vilify every individual from Afghanistan who legally seeks to live in the United States.”
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Sentinel Magazine
Movie Review: SpongeBob is back in madcap ‘Search for SquarePants’
“Search for SquarePants” was directed by Derek Drymon and written by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman. Drymon is an animation veteran, who worked with SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg on the development of his signature series.
Opinion
Toon in Friday
A look at the world on Friday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe
Sentinel E-ditions
Sentinel in print this week
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Sentinel Blogs
CITY DESK: Metro Black Santa project in critical need of toy donations
Officials from The Black Santa Project said it still needs 1,520 toys to fulfill commitments to children who pre-registered for this year’s distribution, with a deadline of Dec. 18
Nation and World
The shortest day of the year is descending on the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what to know
The word “solstice” comes from the Latin words “sol” for sun and “stitium” which can mean “pause” or “stop.” The solstice is an end of the sun’s annual march higher or lower in the sky. The winter solstice is when the sun makes its shortest, lowest arc. The good news for sun lovers: It then…
Colorado & region
NORAD continues decades-long tradition of tracking Santa’s trip around the world
Last year, about 380,000 calls came into a hangar festooned with Christmas decorations at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs
Pro and College Sports
Broncos try to keep their winning streak alive against the Jaguars in Week 16 clash
Denver is the hub of the sports world right now with the NBA’s Nuggets and NHL’s Avalanche off to historic starts as they seek to add some hardware to their trophy cases and the Broncos are an NFL-best 12-2.
SENTINEL PREPS
Aurora prep sports scoreboard, 12.20.25
The Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, includes results for Aurora area teams in boys and girls basketball and boys and girls wrestling with more to come.