NIU students and DeKalb community members took the world a step closer to ending hunger in Sunday's CROP Hunger Walk. Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) participants walked four miles and raised money to alleviate hunger and suffering....

DeKalb Police Department, assisted by Illinois State Troopers, saw a fight at 12:58 a.m. Sunday while performing crowd control at Java 101, 900 Lucinda Ave. Officers yelled, "Police; stop fighting," and a subject, identified as Alfanso B. Moore Jr., 19,...

Residents of DeKalb might want to worry more about the water from their bottles than the water from their taps. Since DeKalb updated its water treatment system in 2000, the levels of harmful chemicals and contaminants have been under federally mandated...

The fate of Sycamore's former Engh Farmstead, 1730 N. Main St., is up to the city council. The 5.9-acre plot of land was given to the city, which is currently reviewing proposals from nonprofit agencies interested in obtaining the property. "It's the...

A Byron resident was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital after a school bus collided with her vehicle at 2:25 p.m. Friday. A school bus with 10 juvenile passengers struck another vehicle after the driver, Svetlana Smith, 36, of Kirkland, failed to...

Now it's even easier for students to keep their hometown banks rather than switching to the small chain banks in the DeKalb area. Technology is playing a major role with today's banking. With online, over-the-phone banking or ATMs as options, students...

The DeKalb open liquor law has been around for a number of years, but many are still unaware of its stipulations. The law has been in affect for more than 28 years and, according to Lt. Carl Leoni of the DeKalb Police Department, the purpose of the law...

The DeKalb police arrested three DeKalb residents Wednesday in connection with several burglaries over the past year. Paul A. Blahnik, 19, Andrew P. Brown, 20, and Joshua T. Chilton, 19, all of DeKalb, turned themselves in for arrest warrants in connection...

Keep your hats on straight and your ice tucked in if you want to go into certain DeKalb bars. Several bars, including Starbuster's, 930 Pappas Drive, and Molly's Eatery and Drinkery, 1022 W. Lincoln Highway, have implemented dress codes. It is also rumored...

Additional police patrols will be in force this weekend for Homecoming. In a joint effort between the Sycamore, DeKalb, Cortland, DeKalb County and the State Police Departments will be increasing their presence. Over the past years, Annie Glidden Road...

After the statewide minimum wage increase took effect on July 1, 2007, some businesses treated the boost like a raise, which has made some question the legality of the issue. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation that increased minimum wage from $6.50...

The choice to support organic or conventionally raised corn is not a black and white issue. Most of the corn grown in Illinois is natural in the sense that it looks and tastes like corn, but it is unnatural in the sense that the type of corn did not exist...