Overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings were two of the topics discussed in a talk about the coming $55 million referendum at Monday night’s school board meeting. The Citizens for the Referendum Committee is working on passing a $55 million...

DeKalb police are looking for a suspect involved with damaging 12 mailboxes in the 700 and 800 blocks of Kensington Boulevard and at Turnberry Court. According to reports, the damage occurred about 3 a.m. Sunday. At least two suspects were involved; one...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series examining the significance of the Nehring Cultural and Tourism Center. The first floor of the Nehring Cultural and Tourism Center, a mainstay of downtown DeKalb for over a century, has undergone...

A penny saved is a penny earned, but 15 pennies is an even sweeter deal. Most students returning to DeKalb Sunday nights have two choices to make. Coming off Interstate 88, they can either take Annie Glidden Road and pay the 55-cent toll or save 15 cents...

Say cheese!" The words may take you back to picture day in grade school, but one local photographer has his own methods for bringing out the best in you. Dale Sargeant, owner of Take One Studio, 226 East Lincoln Highway, said that he likes to get the...

Mayor Doug Scott of Rockford and Mayor Fred Brereton of Belvidere are leading efforts to expand Metra service into Boone and Winnebago counties, but Metra expansion to DeKalb remains a distant possibility. Currently, Metra provides commuter train service...

This week marks a milestone for Nick Tsiftilis, owner of Downtown Discs, as his business goes into its 10th year of selling records. To celebrate the occasion, all merchandise has been discounted 10 percent as of last Monday. The sale runs through Sunday....

Park 88, at the corners of Fairview Drive and Peace Road, is getting closer to expanding a second building on its 465-acre plot. Two lots, at 811 and 1011 (formerly 911) Fairview Drive, have concrete pads ready for construction but will not be expanded...

A wreck on Route 23 Tuesday resulted in the death of Louis Ridulph. Ridulph, 87, of 3101 S. 4th St., was pronounced dead at Kishwaukee Community Hospital as a result of head and chest injuries he received during the crash, said DeKalb County Coroner Dennis...

With all the digression made in past north 5th-ward revitalization meetings, city planner Ray Keller redefined the purpose of holding the meetings, saying that if the area’s residents collectively agreed on changes they would like to see in the historical...

Kishwaukee College soon will have a new facility that will create additional indoor space and allow access to updated technology available to students. The Kishwaukee College Conference Center, which will be attached to the south side of the existing...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital soon will have a new addition to its facilities that will help expand its cardiac rehabilitation program. "In a section between two units, there was a vacant area that was open," said Sharon Emanuelson, community relations...