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An annual charitable tradition that was started by an anonymous assistant attorney to the city of Chicago 114 years ago lives on in the generous acts of DeKalb County residents known as the Goodfellows.
A new family owned restaurant in Sycamore, Thai Town, opened this week to so much success some products were sold out before the day’s end, the mother and son who partnered together to expand their business said.
A new fundraiser created to benefit the Spartan Food Pantry will tip off on Tuesday with a basketball game between the Sycamore Police and Fire departments and Sycamore School District 427 staff.
Did you buy a pre-cut Christmas tree or cut one down with the family this year? If you did the latter, chances are you got in before products ran out, said some northern Illinois Christmas tree farmers. They said they're fielding high demand this holiday season.
The DeKalb County Board this week approved a plan to collect $26.7 million with its 2023 property tax levy, which means most area homeowners likely will see a slight decrease on their bills come spring.
Four people were hospitalized Wednesday night after a two-vehicle crash at Glidden and Base Line roads in Kingston shortly after 8:30 p.m., according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sycamore Community School District 427 Board of Education will move to a one-meeting-a-month format starting in January 2024, after the board approved an amended board meeting schedule Tuesday night.
Starting next year Genoa residents won’t have to drive 10 miles to get a Baja Blast, as Taco Bell recently broke ground on a new location in Genoa.
If a group charged with overseeing DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center operations is created, DeKalb County residents with relevant expertise will be encouraged to apply for the oversight board’s six public positions. Here's what the group may look like:
A nearly lifelong DeKalb County resident has filed candidacy papers to run for DeKalb County Circuit Clerk next year.
The Genoa-Kingston School District 424 school board has appointed its next superintendent following the departure of his predecessor over the summer.
Northern Illinois University alumni living as missionaries on First Nation land in central Canada have created and are selling coffee mugs with hand-drawn illustrations depicting DeKalb County cities.
It's been two years since the DeKalb County Board dissolved a group meant to oversee its Rehabilitation and Nursing Center operations. Now amid a failed $8 million sale and a pending lawsuit, the board is considering bringing it back.
After a Daily Chronicle investigation discovered the city of Sycamore overtaxed residents nearly $120,000 in 2023, city officials said they still aren’t sure how they’ll fix the situation. Residents can weigh in at a public meeting Monday where discussion is expected on the topic
DeKalb County has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $8.3 million from the would-be buyers of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, who the county alleges unlawfully walked away from a contracted sale more than a year into the process.