Crime Stoppers of DeKalb County is seeking information from the public to help police investigate reported thefts of electric scooters on Northern Illinois University campus in DeKalb.

The DeKalb City Council this week presented a new plan for reconfiguring traffic at North First Street and Sycamore Road near Clinton Rosette Middle School. The new proposal doesn't include a roundabout.

In a visit to rural Kane County Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said the need for “cheaper, cleaner” energy is “more important than ever” while celebrating a 26-acre solar farm off U.S. Highway 20 that officials said will help power nearly 600 low-income households.

Retired longtime DeKalb County Administrator Gary Hanson made his first court appearance in front of a judge Tuesday as he faces more than a dozen felony charges accusing him of illegally destroying public records during his time in local government

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Check out some of the top pictures captured by Daily Chronicle photographers for Shaw Local News Network this week, Oct. 5-Oct. 11, 2025.

A union representing employees working under an expired contract at Northern Illinois University has filed a charge against the institution with the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board, university and union officials have confirmed.

Watch DeKalb High School alumnus Mel Owens navigate love again on 'The Golden Bachelor' Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

Hundreds of pages of emails have been unsealed in a felony public records destruction case against retired DeKalb County administrator Gary Hanson, ahead of an expected Oct. 14 hearing

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Cheerleaders, marching band players and more paraded through downtown Sycamore on Wednesday for the 2025 Sycamore High School Homecoming parade.