DeKALB -- Singer Ashlie Amber is coming to DeKalb on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N 2nd St., to perform a tribute to the late singer Whitney Houston while telling her own personal story. Amber has been a full-time professional...

As another season of American Idol begins to reacquaint itself with the top spot on primetime television, we get the privilege of watching many mediocre performers inspire even more amateurs to do the impossible (or at least extremely improbable): make...