Black Friday came early for local shoppers during downtown DeKalb’s weekend Hollydays.Hollydays was hosted by the National Bank & Trust Company and the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce. The event featured holiday sales and open houses for downtown businesses.Stores...
Members of the Muslim community are looking foward to what will be possible with a new mosque on 801 Normal Road.Construction on the mosque is projected to be finished by summer. The location is next door to the current mosque, but the new facility will...
A town hall-style forum with state legislators on pension reform will be held at noon today in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium.Representatives Bob Pritchard, Tom Demmer and Mike Fortner will be in attendance, as will Steve Cunningham,...
Local artists are getting to their roots in an exhibit downtown.Midwest Roots, a group art exhibition by dekalbgallery.com artists, opened at The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, Friday. It is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays until Jan. 6....
Locals gathered at the county courthouse Monday morning to honor veterans at a Veterans Day service.The service was headlined with a speech by Sgt. 1st Class Clayton Riley. In his speech, Riley spoke about his own experiences serving in the National Guard,...
As the DeKalb police station prepares to open at its new location, a debate about it being located across from the Center for Black Studies continues.The station is located at 700 W. Lincoln Highway and is near the Center for Black Studies, 621 W. Lincoln...
Alumnus and media artist Matthew Biederman returned to the Visual Arts Building Monday to talk with art students about how he found success in art.Biederman displayed many of his art pieces and explained how they were made. His artwork consists of a range...
Guest speaker Carlos Velazquez addressed the problem of climate change Monday, talking about how it has caused the ice of the Arctic to melt Monday and focusing on the disappearing culture of the Inuit tribes.The event was organized by the Institute for...
Kids got an extra day of Halloween with help from local businesses over the weekend.Saturday afternoon, downtown businesses hosted a trick-or treating event called the Downtown DeKalb Spooktacular. More than 40 downtown businesses handed out candy to...
Former DeKalb resident Margit Liesche is returning to her childhood home to share her love of writing and history.Liesche is coming to DeKalb to promote her new book, “Triptych,” at 7 p.m. today at Barnes and Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road. “Triptych”...
