DeKalb County News Briefs
March 13, 2019COUNTY Hospital offers aid for health care study The Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships for DeKalb County residents pursuing health care studies….
COUNTY Hospital offers aid for health care study The Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships for DeKalb County residents pursuing health care studies….
The man who allegedly shot and killed a McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy was apprehended near Lincoln, Ill. at approximately 5 p.m.Thursday. Deputy Jacob Keltner, a member of a U.S….
COUNTY History Center launches campaign for new facility The DeKalb County History Center is trying to raise an additional $1.5 million for the public phase of its History Matters capital…
Reports last month of Peoria-area public radio aficionados rallying to save their local station amid fiscal restraints could prompt questions about the long-term viability of the format….
It wouldn’t be inaccurate to call Sycamore a living history museum. It’s home to more than 17,000 people who live, work and play here. But the DeKalb County seat also boasts more…
NORTHERN ILLINOIS Vintage Shop Hop to lure shoppers The 6th annual Vintage Shop Hop is scheduled for March 1-March 2. It’s the motherlode of all vintage road trips – a self-guided…
DeKALB Shoe store to close in bankruptcy DeKalb is losing another national retailer. Discount retailer Payless ShoeSource, Inc. is filing for bankruptcy, and plans to close all of…
As Aurora residents band together in the wake of tragedy, the City of Lights continues to shine bright for the world to see. “The City of Lights went dark for a period of time, but…
A neighborhood movie theater, Sears’ onetime world headquarters, a canning factory and even a damaged county courthouse are among properties singled out as among Illinois’ Most…
Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois’ juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 95 former detainees alleges, citing hundreds of incidents…
As state lawmakers hold hearings targeting the role of pharmacy benefit managers — an influential arm in how the health insurance industry prices prescription drugs — multiple state…
SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose access to tutoring services, recreation and other extracurricular…
SPRINGFIELD – Supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House moved quickly Wednesday, May 1 to push through a change to state election laws that partially limits ballot access and…
First in a series from the Illinois Answers Project. The electricity in Mary Buchanan’s home in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood was not working – again. The outage…