McCabe's Night Club has suffered the penalties for allowing a 19-year-old DeKalb resident, who was later killed in a traffic accident, enter the bar this summer. And DeKalb Liquor Commissioner Greg Sparrow said he believes those penalties were justified....

The Egyptian Theater, a DeKalb landmark, soon will be seen in theaters worldwide thanks to the efforts of French film director Renan Polles. Polles has been commissioned by the Louvre Museum in Paris to film a documentary titled "Egyptomania" on Ancient...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JOSEPH FRAZIER MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)—Leftist gunmen holding the vice president and other officials also took nine Nicaraguan journalists captive Sunday, deepening the hostage-taking stalemate with a rival political group. In...

DeKalb Police are investigating two armed robberies that took place Sunday morning and are looking into the possibility that the thefts might have been the work of the same individual. According to DeKalb Police reports, the first robbery took place at...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TERRY MUTCHLER SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—Within days of obtaining unprecedented legislative approval, the state's largest utility started an unregulated subsidiary to compete for alternative energy markets. Although Commonwealth...

PHILADELPHIA (AP)—The surviving Siamese twin separated by surgery last week was resting comfortably Sunday after a visit from her mother, the hospital said. ‘‘She's stable, but we still have her listed as critical, which is normal under these circumstances,'‘...

Former DeKalb 2nd Ward Ald. and mayoral candidate Michael Welsh was arrested and charged with violating copyright laws after allegedly selling illegal Boy Scout patches. Welsh, who was arrested Aug. 9 at the 1993 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill...

After several years of consideration, a west side fire department for DeKalb finally will become reality. The go ahead for the plan was given last Monday during a workshop meeting of the DeKalb City Council, where the council unanimously "voted to pursue...

AP SCIENCE WRITER LEE SIEGEL PASADENA, Calif. (AP)—Engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the Red Planet on a $980 million mission, but it is expected to orbit Mars despite the problem, NASA said Sunday. By...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER MICHELLE MITTELSTADT WASHINGTON (AP)—Hispanics are three times more likely to live in poverty than non-Hispanic whites, says a government study that details their difficulty climbing the economic ladder. Twenty-nine percent of...

New to DeKalb? Looking for something to do until your old enough to get into the bars? NIU's Office of Campus Recreation could have what you're looking for. OCR will be holding an open house Aug. 19 through Sept. 5 in which no student ID's will be needed...

"Searching for Bobby Fischer‘' is one of those rare, special movies that speaks to a myriad of tough issues in a tale that's intrinsically warm and entertaining. What makes this film so refreshing is that it's not afraid to have heart and, at the same...