The DeKalb County Community Foundation (DCCF) is a powerful ally of non-profit organizations in the DeKalb County area. The goal of DCCF is to distribute funds through the county to enhance and promote the quality of life in different communities, said...
Violence is seldom seen at Hope Haven, according to the shelter's executive director, Lesly Wicks. Those who wish to come to Hope Haven, 1145 Rushmoore Drive, must first go through an "intake process" where their history - criminal and otherwise - is...
Which came first: the chicken or DeKalb resident Hannah Dwyer's initiative to allow up to five hens per household?The chicken, which has been around since at least Egypt's 18th dynasty, would seem the obvious answer - but not when it comes to DeKalb....
Standing in Kishwaukee Memorial Hospital early Wednesday morning, Larry Bolles said he could see how much senior sociology major Steven Agee II meant to some people at NIU. As news spread of Agee's fatal shooting, which occurred at a party at 809 Edgebrook...
Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert denied a bond reduction motion Monday for one of the men charged in connection with the Sept. 28 shooting in the Village Commons Bookstore parking lot. The attorney for Luther Teagues, 18, requested bond be reduced to $100,000...
A Naperville man was sentenced to 10 days in DeKalb County Jail after pleading guilty to charges of the attempted cyber-stalking of a female NIU student. According to a Nov. 23 Naperville Sun article, Travis Edwards, 25, was originally charged with felony...
A community project to promote literacy in the homes of low-income preschoolers will launch this winter.John Rey, chairperson for the DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project, read about a program in Conway, Ark. called Bookcase for Every Child. Through this...
Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert denied a bond reduction motion Monday for one of the men charged in connection with the Sept. 28 shooting in the Village Commons Bookstore parking lot.The attorney for Luther Teagues, 18, requested bond be reduced to $100,000...
The attorney for the man charged with the murder of NIU student Steven Agee II, 22, filed a motion for bond reduction at a hearing Monday. Kenneth Johnson, attorney for Chaz Thrailkill, 19, of Markham, also filed a motion for discovery, as well as a motion...
UPDATE: 1:45 p.m. Wednesday DeKalb Police have arrested a suspect in the early-morning slaying of NIU student Steven Agee. Chaz Thrailkill, 19, of Markham, Ill., was arrested at 10:42 a.m. in the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, Chief Bill Feithen said...
There are a few places offering Thanksgiving meals to those unable to return home for Thanksgiving break, as well as those without a home to return to. Feed 'Em Soup, 122 S. First St., invites anyone in town to join Wednesday's Thanksgiving Eve dinner...
DeKalb is gearing up for the season of giving.Several local organizations and businesses have started collections for their annual charities. Merlin 200,000 Miles Shop, 1812 Sycamore Road, is collecting a variety of winter clothes to distribute to impoverished...
