DeKalb City Council held a special session Monday night with the Board of Education, DeKalb County School District 428. The meeting gave council members a chance to learn how the Feb. 5 referendum to finance considerable overhaul of the district's schools...

Sycamore Police Detective Ryan Goodman returned to work Friday after medical leave from a gunshot wound he received in July. Goodman sustained the wound during the arrest of three people for drug related activities July 19. Goodman's injury was caused...

The airport hangar at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport has been cleared out. The 200-plus animals who called the hangar their home for two weeks have been transferred into the TAILS Humane Society foster network. Some of the animals are being housed at...

Blood flowed freely at this year's Sycamore Pumpkin Festival. The 46th annual "Pumpkin Fest" drew over 130 parade entries this year. This was the festival's first year to include the Heartland Blood Center blood drive. The addition collected 16 pints,...

A new modern Italian restaurant is coming to DeKalb. Filo Spinatos, 241 E. Lincoln Highway, is expected to open the second week in November. The idea of Filo Spinatos, translated in English to mean "barbed wire," was created by Mel Witmer, owner and CEO...

First-time homebuyers are able to receive down payment assistance through the city of DeKalb. The First-Home Program can help buyers with medium income purchase their first houses. "Right now, in the city of DeKalb, we have one program funded by a federal...

Visitors to Elgin Turner's Haunted Hall, 112 Villa St., will trek up three flights of dimly-lit stairs to reach the beginning of the course on the hall's third floor. "Everything's inside," said Murray McGough, vice president of the Elgin Turner Association....

If you're in the St. Charles area, stop by 209 N. Third Ave. and pay a visit to Giggles the Clown and his Sideshow Freaks. The remaining nights are Oct. 26, 27 and 31 from dusk until 11 p.m. The Demonic Circus of Pain and Torture is the winner of this...

The 100 to 200 block of Lincoln Highway has been the site of ongoing road construction, which has forced an awkward lane shift. The site, which is undergoing a bridge replacement, has seen 14 documented auto accidents since April 1. Since Route 38 is...

Hope Haven wants to give homeless families in DeKalb a place to start anew. Going beyond basic food and shelter, the blue house a few blocks off Annie Glidden Road offers families safety and a chance to save for the future. Lisa Seymour is the coordinator...

Looking for a scare this Halloween? The Nightmares Basement Of The Dead is right up your alley. Nightmares Basement Of The Dead is located at 42 W. New York St., Aurora, just west of Hollywood Casino. The cost is $12. The haunted house runs through Oct....

This season's extraordinarily large corn harvest is daunting, but an assuredly lucrative endeavor for farmers and storage companies alike. Already 80 percent full, Consolidated Grain and Barge is closing in on their Maple Park location's maximum capacity....