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...

Many people put away their golf clubs at the sight of snowfall, but a little cold weather will not stop all golfers from playing this winter at the River Heights golf course. The 18-hole course at 1100 S. Annie Glidden Road that winds along the banks...

DeKalb’s downtown merchants want to help shoppers get into the “hollyday” spirit this weekend. Saturday marks the first day of Hollydays in DeKalb, a six-week series of holiday-oriented weekend events. This weekend’s theme is “Shopping Like...

DeKalb residents can expect new jobs as global technology company 3M will expand its residence in DeKalb by spring 2005, city officials said. Venture One Real Estate purchased the former Agco Corporation building, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, and will lease...

With the holiday season approaching, the onslaught of video games has begun. The release of Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed Underground 2 caught a lot of attention, but Halo 2 for the Xbox is now the new darling of the video game world. Some players...

In the spirit of the Great American Smokeout, the DeKalb County Health Department, along with local restaurants, is doing its part to help smokers quit. The Smokeout started in 1977 by the American Cancer Society to get smokers to quit smoking permanently...

U.S. Sen.-elect Barack Obama is heading to Washington, where he hopes to increase the availability of financial aid to students at NIU and other universities. During his campaign, Obama vowed to reform the system of government student loans and Pell grants....

OK, here we go again. It’s that time of year where I begin to tell you about all of those great technology items that will make any geek in your life literally glow with delight. This year, the offerings continue to outpace the previous year when it...

Would-be underage drinkers using fake identification may find their attempts aren’t fooling anyone. A myriad of Internet sites have made obtaining fake IDs easier than ever. One San Diego-based Web site, adorned with animations of smoking guns and grinning...

DeKalb County’s waiting list of about 900 families applying for Section 8 vouchers - more than double last year’s amount - is what one local official is calling a minor crisis. Administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Section...

The DeKalb County Board is seeking a federal grant to establish a drug court program for the county’s drug offenders. The county is continuing to work on starting an adult drug court. This would keep drug offenders out of the system and instead offer...

Faced with resident opposition, the plan commission denied 4-0 a proposition Wednesday to allow the establishment of a real estate office on Sycamore Road. The owner of 1211 Sycamore Road received a special use permit in 2001 to use the property as a...