Local Columnists

This week began looking like there was going to be a fairly contested race for DeKalb County Circuit Clerk, when Lori Grubbs threw her hat i…

“We don’t chase women, we chase car parts,” quipped Jeff Mathews during a roundtable discussion I had with four members of the DeKalb-Sycamo…

Mayor Jerry Smith told the crowd at the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s “State of the City” breakfast Tuesday that the city is being transforme…

American history, the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial and DeKalb County history all came together Saturday in one program.

There’s a good chance you can see your name in print in Thursday’s Daily Chronicle – along with what your local township assessor has determ…

To the company managers considering new sites in the city of DeKalb: First off, thanks for seeing t…

One of the signs that helped establish Sycamore as the place where “life offers more” was recently returned to prominence downtown.

On Monday, the Daily Chronicle ran a photo of dozens of Clinton Rosette Middle School students who on the Friday before, participated in a g…

I've been a generally healthy person – if not in my habits, at least in my physical condition – essentially my entire life.

Malta historians Carol and Dave Woodin brought me a stack of old newspapers last weekend to peruse. Several were from the fall of 1942, righ…