Swift actions by the DeKalb District 428 School Board brought board members’ visions a little closer to reality Monday night. After being inundated with alternative ideas for the use of the former Malta high school at the last board meeting, school...

Babysitting no longer is a trade learned by watching younger siblings -- it’s a craft taught in a class. Safe Sitter is an international baby-sitting program now offered at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. The next two-day session will be held from 8:30...

Three pedestrians were injured Monday afternoon when a motorist crashed into them on West Lincoln Highway. The accident happened just after 1:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Normal Road and West Lincoln Highway. The driver, Vanessa Gonzalez, 21,...

When Red Lobster relocates from its 2470 Sycamore Road location to Geneva later this month, the unoccupied space it will leave won’t be vacant for long. Joseph Freed and Associates, which bought the building in late August, plans on doubling the size...

A DeKalb man was killed just before midnight Thursday when he stepped in the path of a train. Police said Stephen Mitchell, 55, of 1155 N. 14th St. was walking west on the south side of the Union Pacific tracks at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and...

A few hundred walkers came for the American Heart Walk at DeKalb High School’s track Sunday. The Heart Walk is a charity event that raises money to fight heart disease and stroke. Registration for the walk began at noon. The opening ceremonies began...

The latest play from the Stage Coach Theatre might trap your attention. “Mousetrap,” a play based on the novel by Agatha Christie, opened at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Stage Coach Players Theatre, 125 S. Fifth St. Tickets went on sale Sept 27. “Mousetrap”...

DeKalb Police and Fire departments are investigating an arson that occurred Saturday morning that resulted in about $20,000 in damage. Firefighters arrived on the scene, 505 S. Fifth St., about 4:45 a.m. to find smoke coming from a first floor doorway....

DeKalb County fire departments lined up for a silent parade Sunday to remember firefighters killed in the United States last year. A memorial service followed in Maple Park, with an address given by state representative David Wirsing. The parade wound...

The DeKalb and Sycamore chambers of commerce teamed up Thursday for the first-ever Kishwaukee Valley Community Expo. The expo, held at the Kishwaukee College Conference Center had 79 vendors from the DeKalb and Sycamore area. Vicki Simon, owner of Culver’s...

DeKalb-area residents will participate in the American Heart Walk to combat heart disease and stroke this Sunday at the DeKalb High School track. Rod Schairer, of the National Bank and Trust Company of Sycamore, is chair of this year’s walk. Schairer...

The future of the two Eagle grocery stores in DeKalb is uncertain following the recent corporate bankruptcy. Eagle Food Stores in the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court last April. Now, DeKalb looks...