Sycamore News

Last updated on 11/16/2009 at 11:08 p.m. Don Lampkins has been providing homes for birds for over 20 years.

SYCAMORE – Officials from Sycamore School District 427 are working to make the district meet annual yearly progress, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

SYCAMORE – Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with a July theft of $10,000 from a resident's bank account.

NORMAL – Stephanie Huber remembers being in sixth grade and being in awe of what she was seeing.

One of the best days of the month at Sycamore Junior High School is the Thursday of the Pride in Excellence awards.

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Assistant Fire Chief Mark Kessler said that when firefighters arrived at about 5:15 p.m., the building was fully involved in flames, with fire already coming through the roof.

SYCAMORE – Police Chief Don Thomas said when he joined the department in 2001, he was asked to develop a strategic plan to determine the department's biggest need.

Firefighters work to control a blaze at a house on Maness Court in Sycamore on Tuesday night.

Santa may have workshops popping up all over Sycamore, as local businesses, churches and homes prepare to serve as collection points for Operation Christmas Child.

Friday, November 20, and Saturday, November 21, Sycamore Junior High School students will present "And a Child Shall Lead." This is a drama by Michael Slade that tells the story of children growing up in Terezin, the Nazi-established "Jewish city" near Prague where war prisoners resided before being exiled to death camps.

SYCAMORE – An agreement signed Thursday settled both criminal charges and outstanding fire department disciplinary issues against Sycamore Fire Lt.

Sycamore United Methodist will host the Blackwood Brothers in concert on Wednesday.

While Halloween and Christmas usually receive the most attention during the fall and winter seasons, Thanksgiving Day in Sycamore this year will receive its share of the spotlight.

Pictured is a gravestone in the DeKalb County Cemetery between Small's Furniture City and the strip mall that houses Michael's. DeKalb County historian Phyllis Kelley said the county has used this cemetery for more than 100 years to bury those who had no money or interment plans at the time of their death.

A mom-and-pop coin shop that has operated on Sycamore's main street for 35 years is closing for good and the owners Bob and Sue Rozycki are moving to Arizona for some time in the sun.

SYCAMORE – About a dozen people were waiting when the county clerk's office opened Monday morning so that they could turn in their papers and make their candidacy official.

The police report does not include every crime in a community. In some cases, no police report is filed, and sometimes police withhold information on pending investigations.

SYCAMORE – A DeKalb man facing charges that stem from a Tuesday evening stabbing was being held Wednesday at the DeKalb County Jail on $200,000 bail.

DeKalb County sheriff's police said a vehicle struck a utility pole in front of 23557 Airport Road about 3:42 a.m. Sunday.