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...
A Zero Waste Task Force plan has been created to reduce waste intake to the DeKalb County Landfill, 18370 Somonauk Road in Cortland.The goal of the task force is to reduce the amount of waste going into county landfill and implement a plan that improves...
March 26• Kamia J. Dear, 21, of DeKalb, was charged with possession of cannabis 30 grams and under.• Sanoyin Okesanjo, 22, of DeKalb, was charged with theft.• Derrick Thigpen, 22, of Plainfield, was charged with theft.• Kyle E. Cannon, 25, of...
The Friends of the DeKalb Public Library Meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Monday in the DeKalb Public Library meeting room.The Friends support the library by providing programs, materials and services that are not part of the regular library budget. They...
The Sycamore Park District plans to expand its community center to better service the city with 25 acres of land it acquired on Airport Road.The community center will become Sycamore Park District’s “campus” with current and new services featuring...
