Another opportunity to be CPR certified is coming to DeKalb this month. The DeKalb County American Red Cross (ARC) chapter is holding an Infant, Child and Adult CPR and Automatic Electric Defibrillator (AED) Course on Saturday, Nov. 17. The course will...

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...

New state licenses are fighting fraud with colors and ghost images. In an effort to further shield people from becoming victims of fraud and counterfeiting, Secretary of State Jesse White recently revealed new state drivers' licenses and ID cards with...

At 10:46 p.m. Wednesday, the DeKalb Police Department was informed that two NIU students were being robbed. The two victims were walking in the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive when they engaged in an argument with subjects in an apartment at 912 Edgebrook...

Grade: A- A guilty pleasure doesn't have to be a bad thing. In the fruit-flavored beer category, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat stands out above the rest of the crop. The majority of fruit-flavored beers feature an overpowering fruit taste that creates a scenario...

Suitcase students and homebodies alike have their choice of transportation to and from Chicago. One of the geographic advantages of going to school in DeKalb is its proximity to Chicago. When a student or local tires of the small-town bars and relatively...

A disaster plan for the DeKalb area is in the process of being approved by the City of DeKalb and DeKalb County. Working on the disaster plan alongside the City of DeKalb and DeKalb County are smaller towns such as Sycamore and Malta, as well as NIU and...

Early on in life, Cris Dennison felt a connection with the paranormal world. Later on, she would join with her husband, Brian, to form the DeKalb Area Ghost Researchers. When it comes to contacting the other side, Cris says she can see, hear and feel...

Two restaurants received violations in early October from the DeKalb County Health Department. Both Shelley's, 901 H Lucinda Ave., and Rice Kitchen, 850 Pappas Drive, were given violation notices for factors that could lead to food-bourne illness, according...

While donning costumes to be police officers and firefighters can be fun for Halloween, the real departments urge the public to be safe for the holiday. Halloween is the fifth-highest day of the year for candle fires, according to a recent report by the...

Solutions to global warming may be within our grasp. One idea is to pump fossil fuel emissions underground. Geologist Jeffrey McDonald of the Underground Injection Control Branch of the Environmental Protection Agency said the idea is not new but not...

The DeKalb Police Department's program to keep tobacco out of youths' hands will be funded for a second year. The department has been chosen by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to receive a grant of $4,620 to continue the educational and enforcement...