Agriculture will see major changes after Pres. Bush’s budget proposed several cuts in subsidy payments to reduce the nation’s deficit. The most important change is a 5 percent commodity cut for farmers. "A variety of different payments would be calculated...

More than one in three U.S. high school students say newspapers should get government approval before stories print. College students, however, do not say the same. In a survey of 112,003 high school students, 36 percent believe newspapers should get...

Stand face to face with a white rhino. Stare at the gaping mouth of a hippopotamus. Feel tiny next to an African elephant. All this is possible without leaving the county. Sycamore is roaring with excitement for the grand opening of the Midwest Museum...

Gather up all of your pennies. The university libraries are looking to collect 2 million of the copper coins for their penny drive. "We wanted to introduce a fun activity that could have a permanent outcome, the endowment," University Libraries Dean Arthur...

County highway officials have estimated a $500,000 shortfall in funds for DeKalb County roads in 2006. Bill Lorence, DeKalb County engineer, said unless more funds are created, long-term plans for road construction and maintenance will be pushed back....

Deciding who should pay rising insurance costs was a major concern for many DeKalb County health workers at Wednesday night’s county board meeting. Representatives from the American Federal State County and Municipal Employees, representing about 180...

Mickey Mouse has a bone to pick with Uncle Sam. Some U.S. travel executives - including those who run Disneyland and Walt Disney World - think the government needs to do more to improve the country's image with foreign tourists who increasingly are choosing...

That hot cup of coffee may do more than just provide a tasty energy boost. It also may help prevent the most common type of liver cancer. A study of more than 90,000 Japanese found that people who drank coffee daily or nearly every day had half the liver...

Fraudulent scholarship searches have surfaced as a major problem nationwide, but the issue has yet to have a major impact on campus. In the past year, the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois has had no registered complaints against...

Student fees for drivers’ education courses at DeKalb High School, 1515 S. Fourth St., may go up by as much as $350. The Board of Education agreed at Tuesday’s meeting to ask the state to raise the maximum it could charge students from $50 to a fee...

On Feb. 2 President George W. Bush outlined many of his plans for the nation in his 2005 State of the Union address. Along with discussing terrorism and economic issues, Bush revealed his plans for Social Security reform. Bush said in his address the...