DeKalb residents and NIU students will have at least five new food locations on West Lincoln Highway to choose from during the upcoming fall semester as numerous business expanded during the summer. Chipotle Mexican Grill, which opened July 14, and Starbucks...

Area code 815, which serves northwestern and north central Illinois, will soon run out of numbers, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administration. To resolve this problem, the Illinois Commerce Commission authorized the assignment of a...

Two occupied Sycamore homes and one under construction were damaged by fire early Monday morning, according to the Sycamore Fire Department. The department received a call at about 3:17 a.m. Monday to a report of three homes on fire on Sandburg Drive....

DeKalb celebrated the grand opening of the Target Distribution Center last Wednesday with an army of new Target employees. The ceremony took place inside the massive 1.5 million square-foot building with DeKalb's community leaders sprinkled throughout...

In a report on commercial piracy, the Recording Industry Association of America released its list of 12 "hot spot" cities for music piracy. Chicago is one of the 12, and Pepmo, owner of Pepmo's Music World in Chicago, 5301 W. Chicago Ave., is feeling...

As we go about our day wondering how to find time to study for that next test, 28-year-old Bonez wonders where he'll sleep tonight. Over the last one and a half years, Bonez has been homeless at least five times for more than a week, he says. He has suffered...

The DeKalb Police Department works every night trying to prevent intoxicated drivers from hurting others during their adventure home. DeKalb Police Officer Brian Bollow recorded 60 DUI arrests in 2005 and will receive a certificate of appreciation from...

The Illinois State Police and the DeKalb Police Department issued 93 citations during a five-hour roadside safety check Friday, June 30. The checkpoint was set up at Annie Glidden Rd. and Route 38 and the following arrests were made: Operation of an uninsured...

Employers in DeKalb and Sycamore are less enthusiastic about hiring than they were a year ago, according to an economic survey of 16,000 U.S. employers conducted by Manpower Inc. According to the survey, 30 percent of employers in the DeKalb-Sycamore...

Both DeKalb and Sycamore made decisions in June influential to major future projects in the area. In Sycamore, a special workshop meeting at 7 p.m. today will determine the incentive package necessary to entice Jewel to the proposed Sycamore Crossings...

Construction on the DeKalb toll plaza at the Annie Glidden Road exit from I-88 will not impede traffic for NIU's move-in day, tollway officials say. About 4,000 students and many of their parents will travel to DeKalb for NIU's move-in day Thursday, Aug....

One DeKalb resident was mugged and numerous others fell victim to a string of at least 11 car burglaries around 2 a.m. last Wednesday when a team of burglars went on a crime spree. DeKalb police later apprehended them the next day thanks to a misused...