The possibility of tattoo parlors in DeKalb may become a reality, pending the passage of a city ordinance that will allow tattoos to be given. Mayor Kris Povlsen said he cannot predict whether the proposed ordinance will pass, but said he has no problem...

A delivery driver was robbed in the early morning on June 21 after finishing a delivery in the 700 block of Regent Drive, police said. At about 2 a.m., the driver was returning to his car after delivering an order in the area when he was approached by...

For the second time this summer a fire is believed to have started on a couch as another fraternity house went ablaze Saturday night, fire investigators said At about 5:30 p.m., the DeKalb Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the Alpha Kappa...

Construction crews are at work on West Dresser Road building the new DeKalb High School. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 27. If everything goes to schedule, students will start using the building in Fall 2011, according to a School District...

DeKalb County has a new state's attorney. The DeKalb County Board approved John Farrell's appointment to DeKalb County State's Attorney with a 14-1 vote at Wednesday's meeting. Five board members abstained from the vote and three board members were absent...

The DeKalb County Board approved the controversial wind farm proposal by a 16-4 vote Wednesday. Over 150 people attended the meeting, which was moved to the Carl Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center to provide enough seating for the large...

Clouds threatened the DeKalb farmers market Thursday, but the weather improved and, according to vendors, made for a successful first market of the summer. "It's been a very good day, it turned out to be beautiful weather," said Daryl Srail of Windy Acres...

A man charged in the beating death of a 25-year-old Elgin man in the Reilly's parking lot in 2007 is back in jail within a month of being on work release. Former NIU student Nathan Schrank, 24, violated the terms of his work release and will spend the...

Thirteen NIU students have been displaced after their fraternity house was heavily damaged in a fire. DeKalb Fire Chief Bruce Harrison said a fire broke out at the Omega Delta house, 835 Greenbrier Road, before 6 a.m. Wednesday causing an estimated $300,000...

DeKalb Police Officer Tom Reilly's day is anything but routine. Everyday at the beginning of his shift, Reilly starts by going to roll call, or "shift meeting" as he put it. A nine-year police veteran who has been with DeKalb for five years, Reilly is...

After seven months of negotiations, the city of Sycamore and the Sycamore Firefighters Local 3046 reached a contractual agreement regarding wage increases during the April 20 city council meeting. The council decided the 3.75 percent increase proposed...

The GWAR show scheduled to be at Otto's Niteclub May 11 has been canceled. City Attorney Norma Guess said that after viewing videos of GWAR's performances on YouTube, Chief of Police Bill Feithen and herself decided that the content violated the obscenity...