Roger Myers was sitting in the stands for the inaugural races when Sycamore Speedway first opened on May 30, 1963.
The now-81-year-old DeKalb resident can’t recall many details about opening night, but 50 years later, there isn’t much that’s happened at the speedway for which Myers hasn’t been prese
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SPRINGFIELD – Gun owners in the only state still banning concealed weapons would win that right under a plan approved by the Illinois House on Friday, but the governor and oth
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DeKALB – The public will have a chance Tuesday to weigh in on the city of DeKalb’s budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.Barring any major changes by the DeKalb City C
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SYCAMORE – A 40-year-old Cortland woman was charged with aggravated battery after allegedly threatening to kill her husband and slicing his hand Thursday, authorities said.
De
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GENOA – When Don Billington took the extra time to greet Carinna Corbett in the halls of Genoa-Kingston High School, it meant something to her.
Corbett, a high school junior,
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CHICAGO – An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil
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MOORE, Okla. – A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.And so she raced against the storm.
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It appears Northern Illinois University couldn’t get by without one last appearance by Eddie Williams, who is retiring May 31.Williams, the executive vice president and chief
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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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CHICAGO – No matter what, Jonathan Toews knows the spotlight always shines on him as captain of the Blackhawks.It’s sort of like being a quarterback on ice.“I think when thing
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DETROIT – The Blackhawks aren’t accustomed to losing multiple games and so when they faced some adversity this week against the Detroit Red Wings, coach Joel Quenneville was c
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The Kingston United Methodist Church monthly supper will be May 4. Seating times are 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.Held usually on the first Saturday of the month at the church, 121 W.
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The United Pentecostal Church of DeKalb will host a public screening of a new documentary film at 6 p.m. Saturday. The film, “Landmarks on the Road Home,” chronicles Christian
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Most of the world’s tornadoes happen in the United States, and many of us have seen them. I grew up in the Texas panhandle, which is in Tornado Alley. We had a basement and ke
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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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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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