Educational children’s books line a table as Mary Beth Henning, co-director of the Center of Economic Education, holds up a children’s book called “Isabel’s Car Wash” and discusses ways to introduce children to finance and the concept of saving,...
From interactive websites to nonfiction stories of entrepreneurship, the Center for Economic Education presented ways to introduce students to the world of personal finance Monday.The center gave administrators resources to teach their students financial...
The DeKalb County government has been awarded the Sunshine Award from the Illinois Policy Institute.Stephen Reid, DeKalb County Board member, said the award is given for DeKalb’s “transparancy, openness and governemnt.”Websites received the award...
Susie and Tinkerbell are the contestants in the running for Kuranda Dog Beds’ Dog of the Month.The two dogs, from Sycamore, are eligible to win a Luxury Fleece Pad and five beds for Raven’s Husky Haven and Rescue, 27779 E. Five Points Road. Each month...
Great Strides, a national walk that generates funds to fight cystic fibrosis, will be in DeKalb 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road.Great Strides, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fundraiser, unites families, corporations,...
DeKalb County Community Gardens is asking locals to help it earn a $20,000 grant.DeKalb County Community Gardens has applied for a grant from Seeds of Change Grant Program for an opportunity to receive one of two $20,000 or 15 $10,000 grants. The grants...
Pi Sigma Epsilon and Feed’em Soup are hosting a food drive starting Thursday and will also hold their special event dinner on April 16 at Feed’em Soup, 122 S. First St.The price of the dinner is a donation of any amount. There is a list of items Feed’em...
No one was injured after a truck caught fire on Normal Road Sunday.Jesus Rodriguez, 47, of DeKalb, said he was driving the vehicle when smoke starting coming from the hood.“We were just driving home and we started smelling something,” Rodriguez said....
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.March 29• Jinnette D. Harris, 26, of DeKalb, was charged...
Audience members filled the seats to see Jack Hanna perform live on stage with a variety of animals Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St.Hanna, also known as Jungle Jack, was director of the Columbus Zoo and has television series focusing...
Read a scroll version of this story online here.It’s 5 a.m. on a school night in late March and members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity are just heading to bed.The fraternity brothers were up all night protecting their house from the gang violence rumored...
Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert brought courtrooms to the classroom by giving high school students a better understanding of the importance of civics through a presentation and discussion.Stuckert is one of 115 judges in Illinois who has been trained to...
