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…
Nearly 13 percent of the 1,350 Illinois ZIP codes at high risk of lead exposure in children are in Cook County. The 172 Cook County areas at high risk of lead exposure in children include…
For generations, America has been thought of as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone who worked and studied hard could grow up to achieve any goal they set for themselves. …
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking state lawmakers for more authority to regulate the homeowners insurance market in Illinois. His comments came after the Bloomington-based…
CHICAGO — At a union hall on Chicago’s South Side, a powerful Democratic Party organization decided who to endorse in the March 17 primary in one key statewide race. The Cook…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order July 14 requiring Illinois agencies to draft recommendations to respond to tariffs being implemented by President Donald…
SPRINGFIELD — Raja Krishnamoorthi has worn many hats: lawyer, small-business owner, and for the last 10 years, U.S. representative. The 51-year-old Schaumburg Democrat, who represents…