A woman is beaten every five seconds in the United States, making domestic violence the most common reason women ages 15 to 44 go to the emergency room, according to the American Medical Association. Throughout October, Safe Passage, DeKalb County’s...

The US Airways pilots’ union tentatively agreed to $300 million in immediate cuts Friday in an effort to save their airline, potentially the first major break for the company in months. The 12-member executive council of the Air Line Pilots Association...

In the early Saturday morning chill, the first annual Live Wire City Fest kicked off with the rumble of motorcycles parading down Lincoln Highway. Live Wire, organized by Main Street DeKalb, is a festival to “celebrate the spark in downtown DeKalb.”...

DeKalb County Sheriff’s police are investigating the death of a 41-year-old Chicago man who crashed his car on Illinois Route 38 early Sunday morning. Police said they believe Gregory W. Seipp lost control of his car as he was driving westbound one-quarter...

More than three decades ago, the Pentagon created two pills to ward off a lethal virus infecting boot-camp recruits. But defense officials abandoned the program in 1996 as too expensive. Now recruits are dying, thousands are falling ill, and the military...

DeKalb County Sheriff’s police arrested a 36-year-old Maple Park man Thursday after a 15-year-old female relative accused him of sexual assault. Daniel K. Klomhaus was charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault, child pornography and predatory...

Classic Books owner Charles Sigwart promises to offer books for both pleasure and studying needs at his new used bookstore. The new bookstore, located at 115 N. First St., officially opened the weekend of Corn Fest and has slowly been gaining patrons....

DeKalb’s First Annual Live Wire City Fest kicks off this weekend in downtown DeKalb. The fest begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with a parade of motorcycles and ends at 4 p.m. All activities will take place on Palmer Court and Second and Third streets. Motorcycles...

A collision near Waterman killed an Aurora man and injured two others Thursday. Gale C. Wicks, 83, of 617 Galena Blvd. in Aurora, died in a two-car accident north of Waterman at 9:05 a.m. Chief Deputy Coroner David Jacobson pronounced him dead at the...

A single vehicle crash east of DeKalb killed a DeKalb man Thursday morning. The accident occurred at 6:30 a.m. Domingo Garcia, 23, of 1103 Pleasant St., died at 8:36 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 626 Bethany Road, from injuries sustained in the...

Few products are as closely associated with the American lifestyle as Coca-Cola. Yet there appears to be growing demand among U.S. cola connoisseurs for foreign-made Coke, which has real sugar and costs more than the everyday variety made with high-fructose...

Illinois ranked sixth in the nation for motorcycle fatalities in 2003, with numbers up 47 percent from the previous year, according to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis. The center’s report comes on the heels of nine fatal motorcycle accidents...