Criminals convicted of drug-related crimes may face a new sort of punishment in DeKalb County and help the jail’s bed situation. Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert and Dennis Sands, DeKalb County Board chairman, announced Friday the establishment of a new...

Along with salt, local snow plows are spreading sugar beet and corn products to combat slick roadways this winter. When temperatures fall below 20 degrees, DeKalb County and the city of DeKalb turn to calcium chloride to melt the ice and snow. The calcium...

Although the national unemployment rate dropped to 5.7 percent in December, many people still are jobless. The 0.2 percent drop can be deceiving because of the way unemployment is reported, local employment services said. Carol Oliveira, branch manager...

A new Best Buy store is slated to open in DeKalb this March as part of Best Buy’s 73-store nationwide expansion plan. The store is part of DeKalb’s plan to keep shoppers in the city, said Paul Rasmussen, community development director for DeKalb....

DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies apprehended a suspect earlier this week who was wanted for murder in Kane County. James Townsend, 41, of Aurora was arrested late Tuesday at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 626 Bethany Road. Townsend was in the hospital...

A 52-member task force proposed three possible solutions for DeKalb elementary school redistricting and will send the proposals to the DeKalb school board for its consideration. Three maps were drafted during the final task force meeting Thursday night....

An intergovernmental agreement with the DeKalb Board of Education will headline Monday’s city council meeting. The agreement will allow District 428 to extend its input and recommendations for annexation agreements for residential development in the...

DeKalb’s elderly may be the next victims of con artists who scam their way into people’s homes looking for cash and other valuables. The DeKalb Police Department is warning all citizens about con artists who have attempted to enter area homes claiming...

South Annie Glidden Road may be expanded to four lanes and elevated because of $10 million to $12 million in federal, state and local funds, said Mike Bauling, an engineer for the city of DeKalb. Construction hinges on a federal transportation bill that...

Assertive Community Treatment, a program that targets offenders suffering severe mental illness, will reduce the need for 18 new beds in the proposed DeKalb County Jail expansion, officials said. Jerry Lane, DeKalb County Mental Health director, and Mike...

Lisa Kay incorporates her passion and her work into the unique job of an art therapist. Kay is a board certified art therapist and an adjunct counselor at the Family Service Agency of DeKalb County, 14 Health Services Drive. In her office, Kay has art...

DeKalb County is among several Illinois counties to use cheek swabs to file DNA profiles of convicted felons. The samples are sent to the Illinois State Police and are entered into a database called the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS. The database...