BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as weak on Iraq and certain to raise taxes Thursday night, setting aside their own campaign debate squabbles long enough to agree that she is unworthy of the...

Do not be surprised if the winter months bring on the "winter blues." With the weather getting colder, some people may find they are becoming depressed. A variety of factors contribute to the sudden change in mood, which can be classified as Seasonal...

Five retailers were charged for selling tobacco to a minor during a second round of the DeKalb Police Department's tobacco compliance checks. The Jan. 16 compliance checks found La Salsa Market, 1011 W. Hillcrest Drive; DeKalb Travel Mart, DeKalb Oasis...

A Sandwich man was killed Tuesday morning in a crash involving a car and a train in Hinckley. Dan F. Lindner, 56, of Sandwich, was pronounced dead at noon at the scene of the accident. Lindner was traveling north on Oak Street and was struck by an eastbound...

The DeKalb Public Library will again try to promote reading in the DeKalb area. For the second year in a row, the library is applying for the Big Read grant sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. The first grant from the Big Read program gave...

Students who go home for the weekend may be paying more than they think for gas. Gas is actually approximately the same price in DeKalb as it is in some of Chicago's suburbs. NIU transportation manager Bill Finucane said gas in DeKalb is more expensive...

The Wright Athletic Club (WAC) has brought fitness and a sense of community to the DeKalb and Sycamore areas for the past 30 years. WAC, 2686 DeKalb Ave., has existed since 1978 under a few different names, including at one time "The Nautalist Fitness...

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce named its business of the year last Thursday at the chamber's annual meeting. From eight nominees, Inboden's Meats Ltd., 1106 N. First St., was named business of the year for 2007. "I'm really honored," said Tom Inboden,...

DeKalb County is hosting a Go Green conference. The Feb. 2 conference will be the first in a series of biannual events on environmental sustainability. Julia Fauci, a member of the DeKalb County Board and chairman of the forest preserve committee, said...

The Sycamore City Council hosted a public hearing regarding the annexation of the Mapes Farmstead Monday night. Owners of the Mapes Farmstead, Jack and Darla Mapes, are in the process of relocating their home. Their intent is to combine their land with...

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Republican Fred Thompson, the actor-politician who attracted more attention as a potential presidential candidate than as a real one, quit the race for the White House on Tuesday after a string of poor finishes in early primary and...

NEW YORK (AP) - Political combat continues to hold the interest of television viewers, with Monday's Democratic debate on CNN setting a standard as most-watched debate ever in cable news. An estimated 4.9 million people watched Monday's show from South...