DeKalb police are investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred at 2 a.m. Friday morning along the 600 block of Normal Road. "We are following a number of leads," DeKalb Police Lt. Jim Kayes said. Kayes said the case is not related to the armed robbery...

The real estate market in DeKalb has grown sizably in the last few years as property values have increased and new homes have been constructed. "Real estate has been a very good investment for the past few years," broker Cheryl Countryman said. "More...

Local churches are uniting to support the Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief effort. But rather than send money down to the Gulf Coast, the money is going to the roughly 45 evacuees who found shelter in DeKalb County. The churches joined to help the families...

The proximity of a business to campus can determine its fate during the dead summer months. Stores such as EB Games, 2389 Sycamore Road; Dairy Queen, 1780 Sycamore Road; and Borders, 2520 Sycamore Road said when the college students move out for the summer,...

Following a three-hour exchange of sometimes heated debate, the Sycamore City Council struck down a plan to bring in 738 new homes with a 5-4 vote at Monday’s meeting. The room was packed, as some concerned residents were forced to stand while the drama...

Last week Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich released $195 million in state funding for construction and infrastructural projects and some of it is bound for DeKalb County. Of the 570 projects throughout the state, money for a pair of projects at NIU and projects...

Many NIU students and DeKalb residents rolled out of bed extra early Saturday morning to attend the fifth annual Wheel-A-Thon. The event, hosted by Regional Access & Mobilization Project, 1022 W. Lincoln Highway and made possible by community sponsors,...

Students attending DeKalb High School may be asked to join the U.S. military. However, parents do not know they can choose to remove their child’s name from the military’s directory. According to the U.S. Department of Education, schools that receive...

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, 95 percent of oil production and about 85 percent of gas production in the Gulf of Mexico was halted. Damages from Hurricane Rita are still being assessed as well. High prices have left consumers looking for other ways...

Grab your wallet and round up the family to do some fall shopping, but don’t forget your holiday list. It may be early, but retailers are off to a running start. According to the National Retail Federation, one-fifth of retail industry sales (19.9%)...

Two bicyclists were struck by cars along the perimeter of NIU’s campus Thursday in separate incidents. The first incident occurred at 2:15 p.m. at the intersection of Castle Drive and Lincoln Highway. A car was stopped at a red light and was preparing...

A local employment agency expects the job market to increase in the last months of 2005. According to a recent report by Manpower, 2492 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, 27 percent of all corporations interviewed in the DeKalb and Sycamore area will be hiring in...