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Fresh off a 45-3 win against the last-place team in the Mid-American Conference, the degree of difficulty shoots up for the NIU football team when the Huskies host first-place Western Michigan on Tuesday.

St. George Greek Orthodox Church will host its annual Greek bake sale Nov. 22 to support DeKalb County charities.

Vote for the top DeKalb County businesses, companies and organizations Now through December 21.

Kishwaukee College will offer five short-term training programs during the spring 2026 semester.

The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center will offer Christmas mini photo sessions for community members to create holiday portraits.

The health records of a Sycamore man who police say confessed to beating his parents to death in September have been subpoenaed by his defense attorneys ahead of an expected December arraignment, court records show.

More than $113,000 was distributed to almost two dozen DeKalb County area organizations recently to benefit programs that provide services to local families.

The Friends of the Sycamore Library will hold a used book sale next month to support the library’s programs, services and resources.

DeKalb Park District's proposed budget highlights funding challenges and improvements for 2026.

The DeKalb Public Library will host a program for adults and teens to learn about the Underground Railroad in Illinois.

A local social service agency and its plans to establish a new youth homeless shelter are getting an assist from the city of DeKalb.

The DeKalb Salvation Army is running its annual Red Kettle Fund Drive to collect funds to help fund the Salvation Army’s operations. The drive goes through Christmas Eve.

A Shabbona home is a total loss after a Thursday fire broke out, leaving an estimated $350,000 in damages, Fire Chief Joseph Herrmann announced.

Northern Illinois University has a new police chief, and he's a 21-year veteran of the department and a university alumnus himself.

A DeKalb man was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for a 2024 shooting outside Lord Stanley’s bar that left one man suffering multiple gunshot wounds. DeKalb County State’s Attorney Riley Oncken said he thinks that sentence wasn’t enough.

A petitioner for an unknown company wants to build a major data center on 560 acres in DeKalb just south of another 500-acre data center campus owned by Meta

A petitioner for an unknown company wants to build a major data center on 560 acres in DeKalb just south of another 500-acre data center campus owned by Meta

Two women, including one who was ejected from her vehicle, suffered serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash at Illinois Route 23 and Perry Road on Thursday, authorities said. Both were airlifted to separate hospitals.

DeKalb School District 428 has outlined an ambitious plan to build a new home for pre-kindergarten learning, which officials said would provide more space for a growing middle school student population by reconfiguring what buildings fifth through eighth graders attend.

Record-setting scorers, hard-nosed defenders, and players looking to climb out of the shadows - we look at five players poised for big 2025-2026 girls basketball seasons.

DeKalb and Kaneland look to build off great 2024-2025 seasons. Sycamore looks for a bounce back. We look at each Daily Chronicle area girls basketball team, their key players, and what they expect this year.

An Elgin man was charged Thursday after authorities said his SUV crashed in a corn field east of Sycamore and when they responded to the crash, he drank out of an open tequila bottle in front of sheriff’s deputies.

Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists and the Kishwaukee Family YMCA will hold a “Running Injuries & Prevention” presentation as part of its Lunch and Learn educational series.

An annual Thanksgiving food drive will have the same host but a new home this year, collecting frozen turkeys for an estimated 750 DeKalb County-area families in need. TD Ryan’s Let’s Talk Turkey food drive returns Nov. 21 in DeKalb.

Organizers of the annual Genoa-Kingston Community Thanksgiving Dinner are welcoming donations of frozen turkeys for the cause this Saturday.