DeKALB – For the fourth month in a row, the unemployment rate in DeKalb County was higher than it was during the same time last year.
The unemployment rate for the county was 8.6 percent in April, a slight increase compared to the April 2012 rate of 8.2 percent, according to seasonally unadjusted da
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak
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SYCAMORE – Police are asking for the public’s help finding a 25-year-old Cortland man accused of raping an Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park resident Monday, according to a n
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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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CHICAGO – The Obama administration has picked a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to prison for corruption to hea
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol
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GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders – a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fra
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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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PITTSBURGH – Andrew McCutchen had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Cubs 4-2 on Thursday for their fourth straight win.Leadoff hitter Starling Ma
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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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Farmers’ Market season is almost here. Most local markets run from June through early to mid October. Farmers’ markets are a great way to support local farmers and small businesses.
