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DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis indicted
Ellis' office and Stone Mountain home were raided by authorities in January as part of a special grand jury investigation into the county's watershed department.
Armstrong: DeKalb County welcomes Bike MS: Tour de Farms
The DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau is pleased to welcome the annual MS Bike: Tour de Farms event back to DeKalb County.
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McCaleb: 'Nothing' is the word of the week in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – Turns out, no one in the state's capital thinks pension reform will get passed during Gov. Pat Quinn's one-day special session either.
Going extra miles to fight cancer at Relay For Life of DeKalb County
Cancer survivor Raegan Mann, 6, of DeKalb decides what candy she wants Friday during the 17th annual Relay For Life of DeKalb County at Sycamore High School.
Relay for Life of DeKalb County
Cancer survivor Raegan Mann, 6, of DeKalb, receives a balloon poodle from cancer survivor Roger Ray during the 17th annual Relay for Life of DeKalb County at Sycamore High School on Friday, June 14, 2013.
DeKalb Park Board silent on top administrator
DeKALB – The DeKalb Park Board members spent 45 minutes discussing personnel behind closed doors Thursday but made no comment on Executive Director Cindy Capek's status afterward.
JJC music professor moves to next round in Grammy contest
Morgan, music coordinator at JJC, is among 217 other music educators in the United States, and 14 in Illinois, who have been nominated for the first-ever Music Educator Award that will be presented by the Recording Academy - and the Grammy Foundation - in February 2014.
Online-only charter school gives up appeal
CHICAGO – A nonprofit trying to start a virtual charter school in northern Illinois withdrew its proposal before a state commission had the chance Tuesday to decide whether to deny the group's appeal.
Hearings set for TIFs in DeKalb
DeKALB – The DeKalb City Council will hold a public hearing Aug. 12 on establishing two tax increment financing districts in the city.
DeKalb RB Brown adds two more offers
DeKalb running back Dre Brown didn't even know Kent State and Toledo were keeping an eye on him, but coaches from the pair of Ohio Mid-American Conference schools approached him at a camp at Ohio State on Sunday and offered him scholarships on the spot.
Police: Car crashed into DeKalb 7-Eleven
Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com DeKalb firefighters Tom Conley and Greg Thornton remove broken glass from a frame after a Chevrolet Traverse crashed into the 7-Eleven at 802 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb, Ill., Monday, June 10, 2013.
DeKalb graduates celebrate the 'places they'll go'
About 350 students graduated. They have feet in their shoes. And on the brink of major life changes, they likely can steer themselves in whatever direction they choose.
DeKalb County drug court graduates prepare for 2nd chance
Joshua Walker, 31, accepts his graduation certificate from Judge Robbin Stuckert at the DeKalb County Drug/DUI Court Choosing Life and Ending Abuse Now program's 10th graduation ceremony Friday.
Small's Furniture store comes down
The DeKalb City Council signed off on a $423,900 tax-increment financing loan to John Pappas, owner of Pappas Development, in late May to redevelop the Small's Furniture site into a restaurant or retail center.
High gas prices hit DeKalb County hard
The Sycamore resident paid $63.82 to fill up the tank of his Ford Ranger at the Road Ranger in DeKalb on Friday, which was the most gas he had to pay for.
Hebron farm featured in Openfields Farm Tour
University of Illinois Extension's fifth annual Openfields Farm Tour is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, and will feature farms and farm businesses throughout DeKalb, McHenry, Winnebago and Stephenson counties.
Kaneland emerges with NIB-12 All-Sports Trophy by Mike Slodki KANELAND-You'd be hard pressed to argue with the facts.
Cindy Crawford poses in bikini for her very first lingerie shoot while still at high school
The iconic supermodel was clearly in a nostalgic mood as she wistfully captioned the scrapbook snap saying that it was her 'first cover'.