There was some dissent among DeKalb School District 428 Board Members Monday night when it came to vote on opening bids for the contract of transportation services for the district. The district currently has a contract with First Student School Bus Transportation...

A DeKalb man was arrested the night of March 6 after reportedly robbing a convenience store, police said. Dewayne A. Jones, 41, was arrested after running from DeKalb Police in the 800 block of Ridge Drive when he was found matching the description of...

Smoking will soon get more expensive in the United States. The tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase 62 cents on April 1, according to a Reuters article. Smoker's World, 818 W. Lincoln Highway, is preparing for the decline in sales by increasing prices...

An NIU student was arrested early morning March 6 after reportedly walking around the 900 block of Greenbrier Road with a 6-inch butcher knife, police said. At about 1:40 a.m., a complainant told police they saw Antawan A. Martin, 21, of DeKalb, walking...

Some state lawmakers and horse enthusiasts are pushing to repeal the two-year-old ban on horse slaughtering. House Bill 583 was presented on Feb. 9 by Rep. Jim Sacia, R-Pecatonica, to repeal the ban. Section 1.5 of the current Illinois Horse Meat Act...

Wednesday night, the candidates for the offices in the City of DeKalb met in a forum to discuss important city issues. Eleven candidates were in attendance at the forum: mayoral candidates Kris Povlsen, Lynn Fazekas and Paul Kallembach; Second Ward candidates...

With the last Class A liquor license all but handed out, those who currently own a liquor license will see an increase in renewing fees. According to the DeKalb Municipal Code Chapter 38, there are 17 types of liquor licenses, as well as several temporary...

The stock market has been seeing a lot more downs then ups lately. According to The Associated Press, the Dow Jones went below 7,000 points Monday, the largest fall it has seen in almost 11 years. Investors are currently scared the Dow Jones will not...

With the current economic woes and increasing fear of layoffs and downsizing, Americans are searching for employment that is recession-proof. For a select number of students, including Amber Paulsen, sophomore business major at Kishwaukee Community College,...

No one was injured in a structure fire that caused an estimated $5,000 in damage to a duplex in Sycamore Tuesday. At about 12:10 p.m., the Sycamore Fire Department was called to 1525 Oak Lane for a fire that started in a child's bedroom of a two-unit...

While humans deal with a tough economy, so does man's best friend. More pet owners are having to give up their pets when they can no longer afford care, according to managers at local animal shelters such as TAILS Humane Society and the DeKalb County...

DeKalb County experienced a foreclosure spike this past January. According to Realtytrac, a company that keeps track of foreclosures and defaults in the nation, DeKalb County had 119 foreclosures this past January, or one in every 325 households. This...