Jeff Johnson started noticing a dangerous trend with bicyclists around DeKalb: inadequate reflective lights and clothing. Johnson, who works for North Central Cyclery, 534 E. Lincoln Highway, said it was two weeks ago when he witnessed several close calls...
After making their voices heard with a ballot, a voter may wonder what process occurs to tally their votes. DeKalb City Clerk Steve Kapitan said the city has been using optical scan readers to count the ballots since before the 2000 election. The optical...
DeKALB | Wikileaks has been in the news at various times the past few years, most recently for leaking sensitive documents from the Pentagon about the Iraq War. Even with this most recent news, many students still do not know what Wikileaks is and why...
With frigid weather approaching, local churches plan for programs to help the less fortunate through the winter. Churches and businesses are working with DeKalb's Salvation Army, 830 Grove St., to provide food drives and other charitable service to eligible...
Tuesday night, Democrat Jim Luebke's bid for DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder came to an end. "Winning is better," Luebke said. "This type of loss is not a bad loss." He felt he made his message known to many of the people in DeKalb County, and that was...
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has been re-elected to a third term.Madigan handily defeated Republican newcomer Steve Kim, Green Party candidate David Black and Libertarian Bill Malan.The 44-year-old Madigan became the state’s first female attorney...
Tom Doherty (R) was elected the 16th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Tuesday night. Doherty beat T. Jordan Gallagher (D) taking 15,088 votes, which was 54.3 percent of the total vote. Doherty and his group of about 60 supporters found out the results in...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster has been defeated by Republican Randy Hultgren in Illlinois’ 14th congressional district.With 76 percent of precincts reporting, Hultgren had 51 percent of the votes on Tuesday and Foster had about 45 percent.The 14th...
There was cause for celebration at O’Leary’s Restaurant & Pub, 260 E. Lincoln Highway, on Tuesday night. The NIU College Republicans met to watch midterm election coverage and cheer on the GOP.The organization shared an upstairs room at O’Leary’s...
The results are in for the DeKalb County Board from Tuesday nights election. The county board is divided into 12 districts, based on population and is the governing body of the county. The DeKalb County Board is responsible for adopting all ordinances...
Republican candidate John Acardo won a tight race against Democrat Jim Luebke for the DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder position Tuesday night. At about 8:30 p.m., election results began pouring in from 85 precincts for the DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder...
