Nov. 1• Jeffery F. Mathews, 64, of Maple Park, was charged with battery.• Shapara T. Watson, 24, of DeKalb, was charged with domestic battery.• Jacob J. Chavez, 21, of DeKalb, was charged with disorderly house.• Crayton F. Lange, 18, of Tonica,...
A meeting between business owners and City Council members to continue discussing the progression of the Commercial/Industrial Building Responsibility Code Ordinance will be held 10 a.m. Nov. 21.The ordinance would require commercial and industrial businesses...
Police say educational efforts have helped lead to one of the longest lulls in “cracked card” crimes in 10 years.Cracking cards occurs when recruiters get a PIN and a debit card from a person and deposit counterfeit checks into the person’s account....
Focus DeKalb attorney Mike Coghlan speaks about how he thinks a portion of the original material within the Commercial/Industrial Building Responsibility Code Ordinance is unconstitutional and discusses proposed amendments during a meeting Wednesday at 1719 Sycamore Road.
DeKalb County Community Gardens plans to start a garden west of DeKalb High School so students can get their hands dirty while learning about agriculture.Dan Kenney, DeKalb Community Gardens director, said the organization leased a 4-acre plot west of...
A Sycamore man was arrested Tuesday for possession of child pornography.Karim H. Elganzoury, 32, was charged with 10 counts of child pornography (Class 2 felony) after an almost two-month investigation by Sycamore police. Elganzoury is listed as a student...
A DeKalb man who police said falsely reported an attack that led to school lockdowns was arrested Wednesday.Jacob B. Garcia, 26, turned himself into the DeKalb Police Department Wednesday after being charged with filing a false police report (Class 4...
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.Wednesday• Javion J. Ewing, 19, of Chicago, was charged with...
Police are looking for an unidentified white male involved in an alleged battery and domestic battery on Oct. 19 in the 1100 block of West Hillcrest Drive.At about 1:50 a.m., police responded to a 22-year-old bystander who had intervened in a dispute...
DeKalb County saw a slight decrease in voter turnout for midterms, moving from 51 percent turnout in 2010 to 49 percent for Election Day Tuesday.In the 2010 midterms, 57,102 people were registered to vote and only 29,197 voted. This election, 58,482 people...
Douglas Johnson was the winner of the 2014 country clerk midterm elections.Johnson received 16013, or 58.4 percent, votes to win. Johnson said he was pleased with the result despite lower turnout than DeKalb saw in the 2010 midterm.“I was very pleased...
