With a little more than two weeks to the Sochi Winter Olympics, students and staff are apprehensive about attending.According to a Jan. 21 article by The Associated Press, there are still about 300,000 tickets left to purchase to attend the Olympics.People...
A 114-year-old Tudor-style home, donated by former owner Shirley Nehring, is now renovated and will join the Ellwood Mansion for tours, receptions and musical events.The home, which is at the corner of Augusta and First streets, was built by barbed wire...
Athletics will be up and away when it’s allowed to use the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport for travel, which may come as soon as August.For more than 20 years, the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, 3232 Pleasant St., has plugged away with yearly reviews...
Kristin Fligelman (left), senior special education major, and financial aid adviser Paula Ruff (right) visit a table set up by JustGoods, a fair trade marketplace based out of Rockford. JustGoods sold fair trade items, like natural-fiber clothing and...
Phil Cuthbert talks about the artwork displayed in the storefront of the building he is renovating at 366 W. State St. in Sycamore. Cuthbert offered to display work from the Sycamore Artist’s Co-Op Gallery while he restores the building, which was erected...
The Sociology Student Advisory Committee invited JustGoods, 201 Seventh St. in Rockford, to sell its ecological and socially responsible handmade goods Wednesday and Thursday in Reavis Hall.The committee and JustGoods agreed that 10 percent of Wednesday...
A building that has been closed for more than 30 years will get an opportunity to breathe life back into Sycamore.Sycamore resident Phil Cuthbert bought the corner store on California and State in September 2012 to re-incorporate it into the community....
A “Real Life Heroes” event included veterans and people on active service walking down the halls of Lincoln Elementary School, greeting children and giving high fives. The school has tried to connect its theme — “where everyday superheroes are...
Local schools have been battling it out to show off their Huskie pride during football season.As part of NIU’s goal to form a communiversity with DeKalb, Athletics has come up with a way to involve the local school district: a NIU pride competition....
Saturday marked the final fall event for Jonamac Orchard, 19412 Shabbona Road, with a pumpkin demolition day.Patrons were encouraged to bring their hollowed jack-o’-lanterns to the farm for a beating. Rather than having jack-o’-lanterns decay on the...
DeKalb is likely to see more rain in the coming week after a damp weekend.A wet and rainy Thursday afternoon featured students in Halloween costumes, running makeup, umbrellas and “wellies.” Richard Castro, a meteorologist with the National Weather...
The Sycamore Library was the place to shoot mini golf while avoiding the undead as they wandered rooms of the library Saturday.Families played mini golf for a cause on Saturday, raising funds for library furniture and equipment while having fun in the...
