O.A.R. will bring its jam band music back to the Convocation Center April 26 with alternative rock band Army of Me as its supporting act. The band is on the road promoting the 2005 release "Stories of a Stranger." "[O.A.R] is one of the more requested...

Although DeKalb's proposed smoking ban hangs over local businesses like a storm cloud, neighboring town Sycamore remained unaffected up until Feb. 20, Sycamore City Manager Bill Nicklas said. "When the council took this up some months ago, they determined...

In recent decades, society has increasingly demanded that more families have both parents working. This has caused the destruction of the ‘traditional' family, where the father works and the mother raises the children, which has disrupted traditional...

A recent survey done by Salary.com that measured rates of job satisfaction throughout the nation suggests Illinois workers are not happy. The results ranked Illinois the 42nd state in job satisfaction and retention, with 68 percent of workers unhappy...

The DeKalb Fire Department was called at 4:14 p.m. Saturday to 823 W. Lincoln Highway for a structure fire. A strong odor of smoke was reported to be coming from an apartment. Arriving units found an apartment with heavy smoke inside. Upon entering, Engine...

Studies show the number of daily marijuana smokers increased despite the amount of occasional marijuana users remaining constant. Marijuana abuse or dependence among users has climbed from 30.2 percent in 1991 to 35.6 percent in 2002 according to the...

While most students on the weekends spend their nights searching for something to do, quite a few have found a place to listen to great music, drink coffee, be athletic or just talk. The LifeStone Café has become a popular place for students to hang...

The American media will compete soon with English-speaking foreign news media broadcasts in the United States. Americans will get their first taste of non-western media when Al-Jazeera in English makes its debut in 2007. Al-Jazeera is an Arabic media...

Whether you're old, young, woman or man; stress affects everyone who enters the workplace. Christopher P. Parker, associate professor of industrial/organizational psychology, said the level of stress a person can handle in the workplace can be correlated...

Name: Ron Elcock Title: Patrol officer Years in service: 7 If you could change your squad car into any vehicle to use, which would you choose? "A big SUV, like a Cadillac or Lexus. I'd make it comfy." If you could go anywhere in the world, where would...

Goodbye small rooms, sticky elevator floors, community shower stalls, busy laundry rooms and overbearing community advisers. Hello independence, privacy, peace of mind and, of course, bills. Residence halls, as wonderful as they are for making friends...

All the pieces have come together for a smoking ban compromise in DeKalb. Subject to a final vote on Feb. 27, the city will ban smoking in public places, beginning Sept. 1, with the exception of bars and Mardi Gras Lanes. The smoking ban exemption will...