A special service area (SSA) will be established for Heartland Fields subdivision as a result of Monday’s City Council meeting. After holding a public hearing on the Heartland Fields SSA, the city decided to move forward with establishing the SSA so...
The sun shone Monday on a gathering of people in yellow shirts singing Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.” They were singing for Toni Keller, a freshman killed in October 2010 in Prairie Park. About 20 supporters of the Keller family wore Toni’s...
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed the decision on whether to expand the Cortland Township landfill. If expanded, the landfill, located on Route 88 in Cortland Township, will be the waste removal option for 17 counties in the Northern Illinois area....
It is with mixed emotions that DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen steps down from his position after a little more than one term. Povlsen has a history with the DeKalb area, growing up in Sycamore and graduating from Sycamore High School. He received his bachelor’s...
North Central Cyclery, 534 E. Lincoln Highway is taking to the gravel this May. The fourth annual Gravel Metric ride will take place on May 26. According to the North Central Cyclery’s website, the Gravel Metric ride is a 62-mile ride that is designed...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 1:11 a.m., officers responded to Molly’s, 1000 W. Lincoln...
Students from Hillel and Alpha Epsilon Pi gather to commemorate Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, began at sundown on Sunday and continues until sundown on Monday. In remembrance of this day, NIU Hillel and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity...
Discovering your true identity is a difficult, often never-ending process. We hope the decisions we make positively effect our future; however, this isn’t always the case. The struggle of understanding one’s identity is an overlapping theme seen once...
Coming into the season no one really knew who Brandon Saad was. The 20-year-old player wasn’t on the opening day roster. After Daniel Carcillo was injured in the first game the Blackhawks called up Saad to take his place on the first line, a spot he...
The movie that brought Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid to the area will be released in DeKalb on May 10. Carmike Market Square Cinema will show the film. More details have yet to be released. “At Any Price,” a Ramin Bahrani movie that was filmed in the...
Next time you find a book wrapped in barbed wire, which has warnings written in blood and can’t be burned, here’s a little hint: Don’t read it. “Evil Dead” hit theaters Friday, bringing back the 1981 film. The first film was about five people...
Kevin Pereira, the former host of G4TV’s “Attack of the Show,” is moving on to newer things in the video game and entertainment world. Utilizing his new company Super Creative, Pereira has created a new online video series called Player vs. Pain....
