The Board of Trustees is awaiting a decision by Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the State Senate that could replace four of its six appointed members. "The Board of Trustees sets broad-level policy for the school," said Adam Novotney, a junior organizational...

The city of Sycamore has been dealing with an ongoing problem of radium contamination in city water. "(Sycamore) has been in violation for approximately five years," Sycamore Mayor John Swedberg said. The Illinois Pollution Control Board’s radium standard...

Safety at the intersection of Annie Glidden Road and Stadium Drive is and will continue to be a top priority in DeKalb. Due to high traffic and frequency of accidents on Annie Glidden Road, it has been an area the city council has focused on for some...

The city of DeKalb faces environmental issues that much of America also deals with. Global warming could eventually alter the climate in DeKalb, making it difficult to grow corn, said Paul Culhane, associate professor of public administration. However,...

When Joseph Reilly first found out he had cancer, he was not the least surprised. What surprised Reilly, 27, most was that the Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes and a highly curable disease, returned after spending three months in complete...

Pending decision from the city council, DeKalb residents can expect a new grocery store by fall 2005. The plan commission voted 4-0 to allow Ultra Foods, a Chicago-based grocery chain, to build an 80,000 square foot building on the corner of Annie Glidden...

President Bush promoted his plans for health savings accounts and other "reasonable commonsense policies" to address spiraling medical costs. "This is an issue that requires a lot of dialogue, so people understand the problems, and a lot of innovative...

Playboy’s 2004 Playmate of the Year will leave the pages of the magazine to make a stop in DeKalb on Friday. Carmella DeCesare, the 2004 Playmate of the Year, was featured in an eight-page pictorial in Playboy’s June 2004 issue. The appearance is...

With five DeKalb officials up for election, candidates for 2nd Ward alderman predict community growth will play a major role in who will prevail. The office of the mayor, city clerk and aldermen in Wards 2, 4 and 6 are up for election, City Clerk Donna...

An appeals court Tuesday revived part of a class-action lawsuit blaming McDonald's for making people fat, reinstating claims pertaining to deceptive advertising. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court judge erred...

More jobs may be available for DeKalb job seekers this year as employers plan to increase hiring activities. Manpower, a Milwaukee-based employment services firm, predicted a strong job market for 2005 in a survey of 16,000 companies worldwide. "Employers...

"2-0, 2-0, you are my hero," shouted one worker behind a counter of hot dog hungry customers. "1-8, 1-8, you are great," shouted another. Within the first four hours of business Tuesday, the grand opening of Portillo’s Hot Dogs served almost 1,300 people....