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...
DeKalb County offers many opportunities to give or volunteer this holiday season. From donating food to those less fortunate to volunteering at a soup kitchen, it is important to get involved and help out the community, said Samantha Hunt, secretary at...
Monday's DeKalb City Council meeting turned into what Mayor Kris Povlsen called a "fiasco." An ordinance to authorize Povlsen to sign an agreement with architectural firm PSA Dewberry for the design of a new police station for $807,000 was on the agenda,...
Goodwill of Northern Illinois is looking for volunteers to help with its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. The locations offering this program are the Rockford Mission Service Center, the Machesney Park Goodwill store and the DeKalb Goodwill store,...
DeKalb Police arrested a 16-year-old male on Friday, in connection with the Sept. 28 shooting in the Village Commons Bookstore parking lot on Lucinda Avenue, said DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler. Devonte Matticx, 16, of Posen, is believed to have been...
The prosecution in the case against one of the men charged with the April 5 shooting at 1009 Aspen Court has no further evidence to provide to the defense, said Phil Montgomery, DeKalb County Assistant State’s Attorney, at a hearing Thursday. An attorney...
