Sycamore’s "Meet the Candidates" night will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, 1350 W. Prairie Drive. The event will feature questions for the three mayoral candidates as well as six aldermanic candidates in contest for...

Police charged a 20-year-old DeKalb man with aggravated arson Tuesday following an investigation into an early morning March 21 fire in the 1200 block of Varsity Boulevard. DeKalb police said Christopher Hornbach was responsible for the fire that caused...

Four years of service on the District 428 School Board is only part of a lifelong dedication to public service for Mike Griesbaum. He started his public service in the military as a Marine, where he served for 20 years, and now serves as a member of the...

John M. Theis was arrested after police received concerned reports about his activity, said DeKalb Police Lt. Jim Kayes . "Some good citizens reported what they thought was unusual behavior," Kayes said. Police said the offense allegedly took place in...

Voters will decide which candidates take up three contested aldermanic seats in the City of DeKalb on April 5. Seven aldermen and the mayor make up the city council, whose primary job is to be the policy making body in the city, DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow...

Few health-related activities provide both mental and physical benefits, but according to Dan Swan, coordinator of the Outdoor Program through the Office of Campus Recreation, rock climbing benefits both the mind and body. "Rock climbing is like playing...

The dilapidated look of DeKalb’s older neighborhoods may change soon. The city council looked to implement a demolition assistance program at Monday’s meeting. The program will be funded by $50,000 of the community development block grant which will...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Sony Corp. has been ordered to pay $90.7 million and halt U.S. sales of PlayStation consoles for infringing on the patents of a company that develops and licenses touch-feedback technology to enhance video game realism. The trial...

Lensi Tweed, a Blackhawk Food Court server, was one of many people whose lives drastically changed after December’s tsunami that hit Asia and Africa. She lost more than 100 friends and family members to the devastation. On Monday, nearly 300 people...

An earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale shook the coastal regions of the Indian Ocean Monday at 10:09 a.m. CST, and officials were concerned another tsunami would occur. Whether an earthquake produces a tsunami is determined by three factors,...

After more than 20 years of working for DeKalb, City Clerk Donna Johnson is running uncontested for reelection on April 5. Johnson began working for the city in 1977 and has been city clerk for eight years. Before that, she was an alderman as well as...

Two employment outlook surveys predict a booming job market for DeKalb, but some warn the outlook may not be so rosy. The NIU Center for Governmental Studies released the DeKalb County Economic Index on Monday. The one-page survey asked employers to predict...