Officials disagree on whether holiday cooking is the biggest risk for food-borne illnesses, but do agree these illnesses need to be prevented. Food-borne illnesses leave an estimated 76 million Americans sick, 325,000 hospitalized and 5,000 die from food-borne...

Rosie, as she is known around the emergency department, has been tooling the halls of Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn, Mich., for six months. The fifth-generation remote-presence vehicle developed by California-based InTouch Health is...

Weather systems, new hangars and property expansion are potential projects at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport to accommodate DeKalb County’s growth. The airport, 3232 Pleasant St., has made $41 million in improvements over 20 years. Federal funding...

The company that runs Donald J. Trump’s casino properties in Atlantic City, N.J., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Camden, N.J. Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc., which operates gaming properties in New Jersey, California and Indiana,...

DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport will still be flying high after the City Council approved an agreement with J.A. Air Center at Monday’s meeting. The agreement is for most airport services through 2005 and will begin Dec. 15, DeKalb City Manager Mark...

Illinois authorities are advising citizens to prepare for chilly weather and subzero temperatures this winter season. “There hasn’t been a winter in Illinois without a severe storm in the past century,” said William Burke, director of the Illinois...

Every year at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of December, Santa arrives in DeKalb on a fire truck along with the mayor. On Dec. 2, Santa, along with DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow, will ride through downtown DeKalb near the Egyptian Theatre until they reach...

The holiday season is coming into full swing and Glidden Campus Florist and Greenhouse is helping shoppers prepare for the festivities. Owner Sven Oscar threw his 66th annual holiday open house Saturday and Sunday at the shop, 917 W. Lincoln Highway....

Animal lovers in DeKalb gathered Saturday for a sneak preview of a new animal shelter soon to open in the area. Taking Animals Into Loving Shelter, an organization seeking alternatives for homeless animals in DeKalb, invited volunteers and supporters...

Local retailers can expect a healthy boost this year, thanks to a steady growth in holiday spending estimates and fewer residents traveling elsewhere to shop, officials said. The holiday season is very important to the local economy, said Kim Kubiak,...

When Santa comes to town, electronics may be filling his bag of goodies. This holiday season, there will be an electronically-based Christmas, as many stores are offering top-of-the-line electronics to their customers. “It’s all about digital living,”...

The streets of downtown DeKalb looked more like the set of a classic holiday movie Saturday as Main Street DeKalb kicked off its six-week Hollydays celebration. The “Shopping Like it Used to Be”-themed weekend featured a series of open houses and...