Wes Sanderson

Hinckley-Big Rock and Hiawatha got an early look at some potentials faces joining their rosters this fall Thursday with a volleyball-girls basketball doubleheader.

More voters chose to cast Republican ballots than Democratic ones, data shows, with 8,681 Republicans voting and 5,446 Democrats voting, according to the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder's Office.

The DeKalb School Board made multiple decisions this week related to school safety, including adding a security manager to the payroll and updating its contract for school resource officers.

Genoa-Kingston isn’t really known for playing a pass-heavy spread offense. The Cogs are traditionally known for pounding the ball between the tackles in the Big Northern Conference. Sunday, the Cogs sped things up a little, competing in a 7-on-7 football tournament hosted by NIU.

Speaking about high gas prices, Darren Bailey said, “All of this could be solved, or helped out greatly, with one call from the Governor, from the President of the Senate, from the Speaker of the House and begin the work that representatives are actually supposed to be doing.”

DeKalb school’s food service provider is asking District 428 leaders to consider a new contract to account for the rising cost of food and services.