DeKalb News Archives

DeKalb High School junior Raina Farmer took to the balance beam during the Class B awards ceremony.

Kishwaukee Bible Church and Evangelical Free Church of Sycamore-DeKalb will present a free concert by sacred music vocalists John and Mary Giger.

Administrators with DeKalb Schools are working on contingency transportation plans in case drivers with the busing company the district uses vote to strike today.

DEKALB – Area children can get a head start on some spooky fun this Halloween.

DeKALB – There were slightly fewer major crimes in DeKalb County in 2008, compared with 2007.

James McKinney, 49, was originally picked up on Friday by DeKalb County authorities on a routine traffic stop.

SYCAMORE – The man charged with fleeing the scene of a fatal crash Sunday had no license to drive, police and prosecutors said Monday.

DeKALB – About two dozen students are unable to move back home after a fire on Friday night destroyed parts of an apartment complex near Northern Illinois University.

SYCAMORE – Two men have been charged with robbing a third man early Sunday morning in DeKalb.

SYCAMORE – A man has been charged in connection with fleeing the scene of an early morning crash that left one man dead and another hospitalized.

DeKALB – No one was injured in a fire at an apartment complex late Friday night.

DeKalb diners are no closer to having sake with their sushi or Phuket with their pad thai, after the city liquor commissioners this week decided against exploring guidelines for bring-your-own-bottle restaurants.

DeKALB – The city is considering changes to its financial policy, months after the mayor learned a sitting alderman's masonry business won more than $50,000 in city contracts that didn't require city council approval.

DeKalb defeated Kaneland, 29-27, 25-22. MacKenzie Johnson had seven kills, Rachel Raynor had 17 assists and three aces and Courth Thomas had five aces, four digs, four kills and three blocks.

DeKALB – Although tagged as an enterprise business model, the idea of creating a BYOB liquor license came up dry at a meeting of the city's liquor commission Tuesday night.

DeKALB – A DeKalb County teenager who attended high school in Sandwich last academic year has died of complications related to H1N1 flu, according to school district and health department officials.

DeKALB -- All but two of the nine candidates vying for DeKalb School Board agree that it's time to pass the district's latest version of a multi-million dollar building referendum to upgrade and add space throughout the 12-school system.

DeKALB – On Sunday, First Baptist Church of DeKalb will celebrate its 165th anniversary with the theme “Celebrating 165 years of ministry for the glory of God.” Dr.

In this March 6, 2008 file photo, Northern Illinois University Police Chief Donald Grady is seen during an interview with the Associated Press in DeKalb, Ill.

Schrader: If you were to pick the three most influential men in DeKalb County in the 19th Century they would undoubtedly be Glidden, Ellwood and Haish.

DEKALB – Recently, a woman was interviewed on television explaining her transformation from being chronically homeless to a full-time student at Harvard University.

A DeKalb man who police say repeatedly exposed himself at local convenience stores and gas stations pleaded guilty to several charges Tuesday and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Rob Winner – rwinner@daily-chronicle.com Charlie, a blind Beagle who was adopted from the DeKalb TAILS where he arrived after a hoarding incident nearly two years ago, uses his nose to track a squirrel at his new home in Lombard.

Dekalb police are on the look-out for a man who robbed the TCF bank inside the Sycamore Rd Jewel Store.

The DeKalb School District is seeking three volunteers to be members of its Curriculum Council, which is a standing committee of the school board.

DeKALB – When it comes to relationships with other local law enforcement officials, the DeKalb and Sycamore police chiefs and the DeKalb County sheriff say they aim to create a united team of professionals who work together to protect area residents.

Bail was set Wednesday at $1 million for a man who police say sexually assaulted a 2-year-old DeKalb girl and, after he was arrested, became combative with officers.

SYCAMORE – Bail was set Wednesday at $1 million for a man who police say sexually assaulted a 2-year-old DeKalb girl and, after he was arrested, became combative with officers.

DEKALB – An area band is returning to DeKalb to perform their unique style of rock music.

6, 2009. This is the second time Emily is donating her hair to Locks of Love. SYCAMORE – Emily Morfoot had plans to surprise her teacher and classmates today when she shows up to school missing about 12 inches of hair.

DeKALB – For Sycamore Fire Chief Bill Riddle, even one fire-related death in recent memory is too many.

Editor's note: This is the second in a series intended to examine the proposals administrators from the DeKalb School District have given to the school board, which needs to decide how to repurpose the district's facilities.

North Bay Mayor Victor Fedeli poses in a U.S.-purchased fire truck in North Bay, Ont., Sunday, Oct.4, 2009.

DeKALB – When Northern Illinois University chemist Narayan Hosmane went to a routine doctor's appointment, he had no way of knowing it would lead to a first of its kind research partnership between the university and Kishwaukee Community Hospital.

Northern Illinois University one day after a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois.

Pittsburgh-based agitator Anne Feeney performs music that she says is designed to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable,” according to a news release from DeKalb Interfaith Network.