This fall, Sprint will open in a part of a new retail center in front of Michael’s Arts and Crafts, 2341 Sycamore Road. The space will be turned over to Sprint on June 6 and should open by September. Sprint is the only tenant to sign a lease for the...

DeKalb County Animal Control Warden Janet Ott is the first step in the process to get stray dogs off the street and back on the road home. Ott, who started six months ago at the DeKalb County Animal Shelter, said she does not follow a set schedule at...

On May 1, Lt. Cary Niewold will become the assistant fire chief of the Sycamore Fire Department, a new position approved by the city council Monday night. Niewold, a 28-year veteran of the department, applied for the assistant fire chief position and...

The Illinois Department of Transportation continues to study a possible north-south multi-lane transportation link between Interstates 80 and 88. Rick Powell, IDOT District 3 project manager, said the department started a four- to six-year research project...

The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation now offers three electronic renewal options for nurses: E-batch, Internet and telephone. Nearly 150,000 nurses will be renewing their licenses between March 1 and May 31, State Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski...

From the thaw of winter snow through April 1, DeKalb street maintenance crews concentrate on repairing potholes in the city. "We run crews almost every day," said Mark Espy, assistant director of DeKalb Public Works. Crews fill the holes with a patching...

Using a mixture of oil paint and egg tempera, NIU alumnus Louis Wright Shields created a revival of 15th century paintings. DeKalb Gallery, 161 E. Lincoln Highway, features Shields’ oil painting exhibit called "SKY" through April 30. Shields’ painting...

Local models will roam the racks of the DeKalb Fashion Bug this weekend as part of a nationwide fashion show. More than 1,000 nationwide locations simultaneously will introduce the store’s spring fashion line at 2 p.m. Central Standard Time on Saturday....

The Barn’s lawsuit against the city of DeKalb, which cites that certain prohibitions in Chapter 38 of the DeKalb Municipal Code are unconstitutional, has moved to the federal courts. The establishment, 1215 Blackhawk Road, brought a lawsuit against...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital’s blood bank stays stocked with blood components that a machine collects and automatically sorts. Kishwaukee laboratory manager Steve Busch said the hospital receives blood from Heartland Blood Center in Aurora. Busch said...

DeKalb High School’s Pepsi contract generates $1,000 a month in revenue but may be threatened by a recent House bill that would ban soda and candy vending machines in K-12 schools. Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Republican Leader Tom Cross of Oswego...

Lincoln Highway is being studied for its placement and national significance to be registered as part of the National Park System. The 3,300-mile road that stretches from New York City to San Francisco resulted from the first successful effort to create...