DeKALB | DeKalb High School now can watch its students with 62 cameras placed throughout campus at a cost of $81,000. With the possibility of later review, DHS is trying to meet the security needs of students and faculty. The school will soon have 62...

DeKALB | The power of incumbency is present in many elections this fall and has caused much speculation about the outcome of certain races. Governor Rod Blagojevich could have an advantage over Republican candidate Judy Baar Topinka because he has held...

DeKALB | The effects of the rise in the minimum liquor price will not be fully realized for some time, but businesses that have been serving 50-cent drafts have felt a change. On Tuesday around 9 p.m., Fatty's Pub & Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway,...

DeKALB | Judy Baar-Topinka made history in 1994 when she was the first woman elected Illinois Treasurer. After three consecutive terms as treasurer, Topinka is attempting to become the state's first female governor. Democrat Dawn Clark Netsch in 1994...

DeKALB | People between 18 and 24 are the least likely to vote of any age group. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's Web site, only 46.7 percent voted in the 2004 presidential election. According the U.S. Census Bureau, 63.8 percent of all Americans...

DeKALB | Local residents have raised their voices and the city has listened — Tyler Elementary School has a flood risk. At the DeKalb City council meeting Monday night, local residents voiced concerns about the location of an expanded playground and...

DeKALB | An accident claimed the life of a pedestrian Monday at the level crossing on the 600 block of West Lincoln Highway. The DeKalb County Coroner's Office said that Jonathan M. Graf, 33, of DeKalb, had been on the north side of the railroad tracks...

DeKALB | The future of energy came to DeKalb this weekend. DeKalb and Sycamore were treated to multiple showings of the Generation II fuel cell transit bus, developed by Georgetown University and NuCellSys. The 40-foot-long, 36,000 pound transit bus is...

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series examining the vitality of DeKalb's downtown area. DeKALB | Maybe food and vintage clothing sum up downtown DeKalb in three words, but Economic Development Director Paul Rasmussen talks of a "radical"...

DeKALB | On Friday, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office responded to 11 storm-related phone calls from the southern part of the county. "These calls mainly consisted of trees, power lines and power poles that were down across roadways," the DeKalb County...

DeKALB | Two grants aimed at encouraging students to take more challenging high school classes and to pursue degrees in science, math and critical foreign language were signed into effect this year. The Academic Competitiveness Grant and the National...

CHICAGO | Several thousand people who were strip searched in the Will County Jail as part of a since-abandoned policy will share in a $2.15 million settlement announced Thursday in federal court, attorneys said. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman in...