Camden Lazenby

Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the motorcyclist killed in a Sunday traffic crash in Sycamore. He also was enrolled at NIU, a university spokesperson confirmed.

A man who spent more than half a decade as a Sycamore alderman is back on the City Council. David Stouffer was appointed on Monday to fill a vacated 4th Ward seat.

As the 2025 Sycamore Pumpkin Festival approaches, 12-year-old Rayven Rosas is eagerly awaiting her moment – she’s a big part of the festivities after all.

From cinematic pumpkins to hometown VIPs and autumn vibes, the 2025 Sycamore Pumpkin Festival is poised to bring the flavor of fall to anyone who attends the festival’s 64th rendition.

While street parking in downtown Sycamore costs a couple of coins on average, a parking fine in the city soon could rise from $1 to $10, according to a proposal expected to go before the City Council on Monday.

Coltonville Solar Farm, which is expected to become an almost 4.4-megawatt commercial solar facility, will be owned and operated by Surya Powered, according to DeKalb County documents.

City staff have asked the Sycamore City Council to increase utility rates to cover higher costs, capital improvement projects and maintain financial stability for Sycamore’s water and sewer funds. Here's what that would mean for your bill:

A DeKalb County courthouse employee charged with defrauding the federal government’s pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program out of more than $41,000 made her first court appearance Thursday in the felony case presided over by a Lake County judge.

The DeKalb County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in a collision with a train in Sandwich

After receiving intense public criticism and an unfavorable recommendation from the Sycamore Planning and Zoning Commission in September, the businessman behind a proposed development along Plank Road again will ask the city for consideration Monday.

A union representing employees working under an expired contract at Northern Illinois University has filed a charge against the institution with the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board, university and union officials have confirmed.

Employees at Sycamore Community School District 427 will soon see changes to their insurance options after a unanimous school board vote at a special meeting in late September.

It’s been a week since married couple Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt were found dead in their Sycamore home, and loved ones are planning a public visitation at St. John Lutheran Church in their memory on Thursday.

Dozens came together Monday in DeKalb to create a safe space for those impacted by domestic violence at Safe Passage’s annual domestic violence candlelight vigil. Among locals remembered were Sycamore couple Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt.

Sycamore married couple Gary Schmidt and Holly Schmidt are being remembered for their love of animals, enduring community spirit and how they “gave so openly." A GoFundMe campaign is raising money to support their family.