Police arrested a Chicago man who reportedly waded through a flooded area of the Kishwaukee River to escape police after pointing a knife at an officer, police said. Deandre McNair, 17, was arrested at about 11:17 p.m. Saturday in a flooded area of the...

A makeshift shelter at a Sycamore church has seen an increasing number of clients due to the voluntary evacuation of the Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park. The shelter, set up by the DeKalb County chapter of the American Red Cross at the Evangelical...

Police arrested a DeKalb man who reportedly broke into several cars south of the downtown area, DeKalb Police said. Deon D. Hilliard, 21, was arrested at about 4:30 a.m. in the 900 block of East Garden Street while stealing items from a car he had reportedly...

Two people were robbed of a case of beer in the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard early Sunday morning. At about 3:30 a.m., while investigating an unrelated 911 call, police were waved down by a person saying his two friends had just been robbed in the...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made her first solo campaign appearance outside her home state Saturday, sticking largely to a speech that has boosted her popularity among Republican faithful but drawn criticism...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Leading Republicans on Sunday faulted both presidential campaigns for the increasingly negative tone of their advertising, suggesting the bitter attacks undermine John McCain and Barack Obama's credibility with voters and could backfire....

The City of Sycamore is helping local businesses get the ball rolling when it comes to renovations. The Downtown Facade Improvement Plan is a grant program that has been active for eight years in Sycamore. The program is for businesses that want to restore...

Residents on Taylor Street along the Kishwaukee River were rolling up their pant legs to wade through the flood waters left by this weekend's heavy rainfall. According to the NIU weather forecast as of 7 a.m. Sunday, NIU has had 5.26 inches of rainfall...

When Jessica Stollings learned on Facebook that John McCain had named Sarah Palin as his running mate, the 26-year-old from Bristol, Tenn., took the day off and picked up some campaign yard signs. Just like that, she went from "just a voter" to a McCain...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised $66 million in August, a record for a presidential candidate that illustrated his continuing appeal to donors and his robust outreach to new contributors. The campaign said it raised...

Despite 238 listings of unsold residences in DeKalb, the city council recently approved a project proposal that will put 644 more on the market soon. Many of the new residences will be luxury apartments, even though many homes still remain on the market...

A DeKalb man was arrested in Tennessee Wednesday night for his alleged involvement in a gang shooting in DeKalb in 2007. George J. Campos, 31, was arrested in Elizabethton, Tenn., in Carter County, after DeKalb investigators received an anonymous tip...