Kingston News

The DeKalb Area Association of Realtors is sponsoring its sixth annual backpack drive, according to a news release.

Municipal Band to present holiday show DeKalb's Fourth of July “Salute to the Veterans and Members of the U.S. Armed Forces” will be at 8 p.m. Saturday at DeKalb's Hopkins Park.

DeKALB – For the second time in less than two months, a fire broke out at a fraternity house in the heart of Northern Illinois University's Greek Row neighborhood Saturday night.

A new "royal couple" has been chosen to preside over the Genoa Days activities taking place this week in the city's downtown area.

One sure sign of summer is the start of Genoa Days. The 74th annual event, sponsored by the Genoa-Kingston Fire Protection District, will run from Wednesday to Saturday.

The Davenport Elementary School garden in Genoa The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners announces its second annual Gardenwalk and Plant Sale, to be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 11, rain or shine.

As someone who has long studied and written about historic DeKalb County architecture, I was pleased to learn early last month that the William Miller log cabin would be finding a new home just a few miles from where it was originally built.

Kingston Elementary third grader Nick Iscra bites into a juicy slice of watermelon in Janette Lampard's class after learning the health benefits, history and other fun facts about watermelons.

DeKALB – Law enforcement officials are asking residents to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills that have been circulating in the county.

It is requested when transiting on the Illinois River between Beardstown, Ill., and Kingston, Ill., to proceed at the slowest safe speed to minimize wake damage.

The May 1 Daily Chronicle pictured a log cabin located in rural Kingston that is to be moved to the Russell Woods Forest Preserve in Genoa.

Kingston resident Helen Dubovik, 50, admires jewelry through a glass viewing case on Saturday at Genoa's first Open Air Market of the upcoming summer season.

SYCAMORE – The county will not allow advertising on its Web site, the DeKalb County Board decided Wednesday night.

Residents will not have to worry about rain on their Memorial Day parade this year because there will not be a parade.

ROCKFORD – In 2004, the Genoa-Kingston Track and Field program received its very own facility to call home.

GENOA – No one likes to lose. But when 30 Genoa and Kingston residents set out to compete in The Meltdown weight-loss competition at the G-K Fitness Center, losing was the only way to win.

When I think about Mother's Day being celebrated in the Genoa-Kingston area, I think about Esther Tilley and her family.

Marine Pvt. Kyle R Keneway was recently promoted to Private First Class. Keneway graduated from basic training on Jan.

KINGSTON – Soon those living in the Genoa-Kingston area will witness history in motion.

MARENGO – A Kingston woman has been charged with driving under the influence for at least the third time in about a month after she crashed her car Tuesday afternoon.