Government | Daily Chronicle
The DeKalb County Board decided this month not to increase the county property tax levy request from $28.2 million in 2026. Here's what that means for your tax bill
Is the DeKalb County Courthouse open? Find out what days DeKalb County offices, as well as the courthouse, will be closed in 2026.
The meeting schedule for every DeKalb County Board meeting, and all of its committees, has been set for 2026.
DeKalb School District 428 has its finalist for new superintendent, and its a familiar face, according to a Tuesday announcement.
With the end of the year in sight, Sycamore city officials have prepared a calendar for city meetings in 2026. The Sycamore City Council approved that schedule this month.
Seventeen-year-old Diego Garcia-Barranco had never been outside the country, let alone flown in a plane, until last month. The DeKalb High School senior’s first flight took him to new heights during a school trip to perform in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sycamore officials have accepted a public sanitary sewer and water main into the city’s waterworks after the infrastructure was installed in the Stonegate of Heron Creek development.
DeKalb School District 428 has agreed to buy more Chromebooks for incoming students headed for first, fifth and ninth grade, as well as replacement devices for staff.
The DeKalb School District 428 Board approved a property tax levy for 2025 this week, accounting for an increase to health insurance premiums, loss of transportation reimbursement payments from the state and other costs expected in the new year.
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