DeKalb city staff is preparing a grant proposal for the Illinois Department of Transportation requesting $4 million to fund the $13 million widening of Peace Road from two lanes into four.City Council approved the proposal to proceed with the funding...

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.March 31• Alex J. Jackson, 25, of Chicago, was charged with...

An unidentified male shot himself while in a vehicle he had stolen from 919 Ridge Drive, according to a DeKalb Police news release.An emergency 911 call placed at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from an office of the West Ridge Apartments indicated that the offender...

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office made four drunk driving arrests and wrote 10 seat belt citations during its March 17 crackdown.The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office joined state and local law enforcement agencies, as well as high safety partners, in the...

Hot Spot, 901 Lucinda Ave., failed a tobacco compliance check conducted Saturday, according to a Tuesday DeKalb Police news release.The convenience store was the only one to fail out of 28 checked. The compliance checks are made to determine if tobacco...

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.March 25• Kevin L. White, 52, of DeKalb, was charged with...

The DeKalb Police Benevolent & Protective Association will hold its annual charity breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on April 24 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway.The Police Benevolent & Protection Association was founded in...

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.March 19• Jonathan Avila, 18, of Franklin Park, was charged...

Richard Schmack, DeKalb County state’s attorney, said Jack D. McCullough, 76, of Seattle, could not have abducted and killed 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957, according to a DeKalb County State’s Attorney Office news release Friday.The state’s attorney’s...

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.March 15• Jason S. Motsinger, 31, of DeKalb, was charged...

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.March 8• Sidiq Salisu, 18, of Calumet City, was charged with...