Donna Borthwick doesn’t consider herself a garage sale expert.
But her driveway has seen its share of garage sales since she moved to the Bridges of Rivermist subdivision in DeKalb in 2005.
She doesn’t do it for the money, but rather the convenience of being able to get rid of old items her family n
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WASHINGTON – At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke
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SYCAMORE – A DeKalb woman accused of breaking into an apartment and threatening someone inside pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Alicia M. Crider, 23, of the 900 block of Spiros C
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SYCAMORE – A 48-year-old Sycamore woman accused of having prescription drugs in her system during the crash that killed two 21-year-olds is asking a judge to keep some of her
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DeKALB – DeKalb School District 428 board members took no action on a pre-kindergarten and early childhood education center this week, preferring to wait and study the issue m
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The Illinois Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley will be delayed for a year if Gov. Pat Quinn signs into law a moratorium on charter schools like it.
On Tuesday, the Il
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BELLEVILLE – The suburban St. Louis-based supermarket chain Schnucks Markets wants a federal court to handle an Illinois lawsuit related to a security breach of customer credi
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SPRINGFIELD – A groundbreaking deal to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois cleared a top House committee Tuesday, setting up a floor vote on a measure that s
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MOORE, Okla. – With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a
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This might not be the heart of “Tornado Alley,” but our area is hardly immune to the kind of catastrophic events that struck Moore, Okla., this week.Utica, less than 60 miles
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The criminal justice system should have done a better job protecting the public from Benjamin Black.According to police reports, Black, 28, of Sycamore caused a chain-reaction
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When Jared Madden first started track practice last winter, he was hesitant to compete in the hurdle events.
The Hinckley-Big Rock senior was a hurdler in middle school, quali
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My enduring image of Brian Urlacher probably is different than most.I think of Urlacher holding an ice cream sandwich in one of his paws as he exits the cafeteria during train
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Auditions for the musical, “Hello Dolly!,” the murder mystery dinner theater production of “The Fatal Fifties Affair,” and the stage play “Alice in Wonderland,” part of PR Pro
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Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, won a first-place award at the 23rd annual Midwest Book Awards for its book, “The Blue Kind,” in the Fantasy/SciFi/Horror/Paranorma
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I think I would have liked Annie Glidden if she were alive today. I hope she would have liked me.
I learned a bit more about her this weekend touring the Joseph F. Glidden Hom
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Congratulations to all of DeKalb County’s new high school graduates.For me, graduating from high school meant freedom. Adults couldn’t just tell me what to do anymore – at lea
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Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed who have been charged with a
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Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed who have been charged with a
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Barb Pondelick has no problem staying busy during the summer.
While running her family’s store at Theis Farm II, 6N953 County Line Road in Maple Park, she sneaks into the fiel
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The bathroom is one of the humblest and undoubtedly hardworking rooms in the house. But just because the space is utilitarian, doesn’t mean it should be lacking in style.
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