Discover Sycamore, 407 W. State St. and area businesses are working on a special video with the goal to bring talk show queen Oprah Winfrey to the area for a visit. Michelle Schulz, owner of Kar-Fre Flowers, 1126 E. State St. said several people in the...
Bond has been set for a Bolingbrook man charged with invading a home in the first block of Daisy Avenue in Cortland Tuesday morning.
Robert Jackson, 24, is currently being held on $1 million bond at the DeKalb County Jail. He is charged with two counts of home invasion, two counts of armed violence, residential burglary, aggravated battery with a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
Police were called to the residence at 10:17 a.m. Tuesday after a reported armed home invasion had occurred, according to a Cortland Police press release. Witnesses provided a description of the suspect to police and said the suspect also fired a shot from a handgun while in the home. The release also said a 16-year-old male was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive, for non-life threatening injuries.
At 11 a.m. Sycamore Police and DeKalb County Sheriff Deputies took Jackson into custody in the field near Fenstermaker Road, the release said.
DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said the investigation is still ongoing and they are looking for two other suspects alledgedly driving an older model, blue, four door Buick with Illinois Firefighter registration.
Scott said the handgun used in the home invasion was recovered around 5 p.m. Tuesday with the help of the NIU canine unit.
Jackson’s next court date is scheduled for Oct. 19.
The road construction in downtown DeKalb is nearing an end. The Rise & Revitalizemeeting held Tuesday morning in the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., was led by Jennifer Groce, executive director of Re:New DeKalb and those in attendance included...
A new trial date has been set for a former NIU student charged with shooting another student on Feb. 19.The trial for Zachary Isaacman, 22, of Buffalo Grove, is expected to begin on Dec. 13. The trial was originally set to start on Oct. 4, but Assistant...
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s Public Policy Committee sponsored Candidates Night on Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. Candidates gave opening presentations, answered questions previously submitted and ended with...
A DeKalb man charged with attempted child abduction is being held on $100,000 bond at the DeKalb County Jail. Tyler J. Green, 26 of DeKalb, allegedly approached two female juveniles on Sept. 18 according to a DeKalb Police press release. DeKalb Police...
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 7:56 a.m. Monday, DeKalb Police observed a vehicle...
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce's Public Policy Committee will be hosting a candidates night tonight at 6 at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 North Second St. The event is expected to last until 9 p.m. The event will start with a meet and greet from 6 to 7 p.m....
DeKalb City Council voted 6-2 Monday night not to overturn DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen’s Sept. 22 decision to remove John Guio as chairman of the Plan Commission.Povlsen removed Guio for violating the code of ethics when he voted at a Sept. 15 Plan Commission...
With elections right around the corner, Illinois Senator Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) took his campaign for state governor on the road, addressing his agenda for the future of Illinois. Brady spoke Monday at the Foster and Buick Law Group in Sycamore...
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 1:07 p.m. Sunday, police observed a vehicle known...
Crime Stoppers is looking for information on several burglaries that happened Sept. 20 and 21. Two burglaries were reported in Cortland on Sept. 20. Two Huffy bicycles and a Husqvarna snowblower were stolen from sheds on Hahn Drive. On Sept. 21 a car...
