DeKab County News Briefs
December 12, 2018STATE Treasurer uses technology to deliver unclaimed cash If you get a check from the state, cash it. It’s legit. The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Money Match program is…
STATE Treasurer uses technology to deliver unclaimed cash If you get a check from the state, cash it. It’s legit. The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Money Match program is…
Dec. 12 Wrapping Day 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Hinckley Public Library, 100 Maple St., Hinckley Free Wrap your gifts for free at the Hinckley Library. The library will supply all the wrapping…
“Faith, Hope and Charity,” the motto of Bishop David J. Malloy, happens on a daily basis within the 11-county Catholic Diocese of Rockford. The virtue of charity is especially prevalent…
STATE Effort to raise smoking age to 21 fails Teenagers can continue to buy cigarettes and tobacco products in Illinois, if they are at least 18 years old. Efforts to raise the age…
Dec. 5-9 “A Christmas Carol Chaos” 7:30 p.m. except 2 p.m. Dec. 9 Stage Coach, 126 S. 5th St., DeKalb $13-$15 The Royal Shakespeare Company hasn’t arrived as promised to perform…
THROUGH DEC. 23 Christmas at Abbey Farms, 2855 Hart Road, Aurora. Join in the tradition of hunting for your very own Abbey-Farms-grown Christmas tree or select a fresh pre-cut fir tree…
It’s been almost seven decades since Alice Whitney and Carole Lichty were students at North Grove School but the Sycamore area cousins still keep coming back. Last Saturday they served…
STATE Illinois Top 200 list nearing completion The final votes are being tabulated, and when they are, a major project to mark Illinois’ bicentennial will be complete. The Illinois…
PEORIA — For 60 years, SkillsUSA Illinois has held workforce development competitions for young people entering the trades. And for 60 years, there has never been an all-female team…
CHICAGO — In a hot gymnasium on Chicago’s South Side, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced this morning that he’s running for a potentially historic third term as governor. In his announcement…
SPRINGFIELD —– Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to…
SPRINGFIELD — Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Lawmakers…
SPRINGFIELD — Under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature, certain insurance plans would have to cover hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic horseback riding in Illinois. …
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard choices state lawmakers were…