DeKALB | Did you ever want ice cream but didn’t want to leave the house? The Sunshine Scoop Shoppe & Bakery offers something that no other ice cream place in DeKalb has - delivery and catering. Owner Carole Fawaz and family decided to open their...
The Voluntary Action Center (VAC) is hosting its fourth annual Meals for Moms event to highlight Mother's Day as well as their Meals on Wheels program. The Meals for Moms event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 2 at the Regale Center,...
Sycamore City Council passed its Fiscal Year 2012 budget plan during its Monday night meeting. The Fiscal Year 2011-12 includes an annual budget for all city funds and departments from May 1 through April 30, 2012. The general fund budget is $48.5 million....
DeKALB | In the second poorest country in the Northern Hemisphere, pieces of scrap metal are what children call home and garbage from the dump is what they call food. But for a week in March, they were aided by this community. From March 19 to 26, 10...
The main discussion points at Friday's Landlord/Tenant Sub-Committee were the Landlord Tenants handbook, the role and relationship of the sub-committee to the Landlord Association and the examination of other city ordinances relevant to the sub-committee....
Monica O'Leary won the Ward 7 aldermanic position with 26 votes in an unusually low turnout. Monica O'Leary defeated SA President Erik Calmeyer by four votes during the local election on April 5. "Everything for this election is unofficial until all...
As you walk through the front door of Inboden's Meat Market , your sense of smell is overwhelmed by the aroma of spices and grain. Chilled behind glass cases lay several different kinds of meats ready to be purchased. Customers watch firsthand as employees...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from the DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 1:52 p.m. Saturday, DeKalb Police performed a...
DeKALB | Those searching for a good burger do not need to look far in DeKalb. Mark Megallanes, manager of Applebee's, 2411 Sycamore Road, said it is the different variations of burgers that keep customers coming back, including the Cowboy and Philly burger....
The following conversation allegedly took place between Mark Orozco and Richard Van Arsdale III via text message and was read by Phil Montgomery, DeKalb County assistant state’s attorney, during a bond hearing for Orozco Thursday morning. Orozco...
DeKALB | A request to reduce the bond for Mark Orozco, one of the NIU students charged in the April 5 shooting of NIU linebacker Devon Butler, was denied at a hearing Thursday morning. DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen said an attorney for Orozco requested...
Unemployment in DeKalb County decreased by 2.2 percent in February from last year, according to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Department spokesman Greg Rivara said this is the 14th consecutive month in which the unemployment...
