Eat chocolate for a good cause. Safe Passage, DeKalb's domestic violence shelter, is hosting "An Evening of Chocolate" on Saturday. For $10 a person, NIU students have a chance to sample chocolate cakes, pies, cookies and any other creation participants...

What the warning labels and after-school specials on smoking are not telling the female consumer may be surprising. Nancy Bogle, public health educator for DeKalb County, says smoking increases the risk of all forms of cancer, including breast and cervical...

Mayor Frank Van Buer is calling on the residents of DeKalb to help prevent future flooding. Applications are being taken for volunteers who are interested in becoming members of DeKalb's Storm Water Task Force (SWTF). The SWTF will focus on finding ways...

A gas station was robbed at knifepoint late Monday night. At 11:40 p.m., a man entered Road Ranger, 933 S. Fourth St., asking to buy merchandise from the clerk. When the clerk opened the cash register, the suspect attempted to grab money from the register...

An attempted armed robbery took place Saturday evening at Best Western Inn and Suites. At 8:10 p.m., a suspect entered the hotel, 1212 W. Lincoln Highway, and demanded money from the clerk. The suspect produced what appeared to be a handgun, but ran out...

There may be reason for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, or any other elected state official, to feel a little uncomfortable these days. Illinois legislation currently being debated would allow for elected officials to be recalled, including the governor, who has...

A span of Annie Glidden Road has been the site of heavy road construction for the past year. The construction spans roughly from Taylor Street to the railroad underpass south of Lincoln Highway. The construction started in mid-October 2006 and was slated...

Five options for establishing Sycamore's annual city property tax levy were presented to council on Monday. The options were no increase in city levy, a 2.5 percent increase, a 3 percent increase, a 3.5 percent increase, and a 4 percent increase. "The...

The DeKalb Police Department is looking for two people thought to be involved in three burglaries. The incidents occurred on Oct. 27 in the 1000 block of West Lincoln Highway. Miscellaneous items were taken during the burglaries and surveillance footage...

What might be a winter wonderland for horse-drawn sleighs is enemy territory for combustion engines. Low temperatures, snow and salt on the roads work against the best interests of automobiles. Making certain your auto is in good condition before the...

November is the time to celebrate barbed wire. The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center hosts the Patent Day Dinner every fall to celebrate Glidden's invention of the most widely used barbed wire in the nation, "The Winner," and the patent...

On the weekend of Oct. 20, every window on the bus once used to drive Bar One patrons home was smashed out. DeKalb police have yet to find out who vandalized the vehicle. The blue-and-gray bus sits just behind the BP gas station at 920 W. Lincoln Highway...