The DeKalb baseball team met Neuqua Valley Tuesday in a DuPage Valley Conference clash.

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Local activists held a May Day rally on Friday at Memorial Park in downtown DeKalb to advocate for workers’ rights and push for billionaires to be taxed amid cost-of-living burdens they argue are hurting everyday Americans.

Tom & Jerry's held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to kick off the rebuilding of the restaurant in its previous location of 1670 DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore. The restaurant was destroyed by a fire on Jan. 31 and is currently operating at its temporary location at 265 W. Peace Road in Sycamore.

The LaSalle-Peru softball team traveled to Sycamore Thursday to take on the Spartans in a rainy Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

The Sycamore High School girls soccer team hosted Interstate 8 Conference foe Kaneland Wednesday afternoon on the pitch.

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) DeKalb County and Family Service Agency held a Hands Around the Courthouse event Wednesday in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month.

The Sycamore baseball team hosted Kaneland Tuesday night in an Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

The westbound lanes of Interstate 88 were closed for hours Monday afternoon after a person was killed in a shooting involving police, authorities said. A Honda sedan with a shattered window was surrounded by law enforcement vehicles and personnel at the scene just west of Keslinger Road in Maple Park.