A local women’s charity group, 100+ Women Who Care, recently awarded $13,200 to Adventure Works of DeKalb County as part of the group’s regularly acts of giving. Adventure Works is nonprofit which offers outdoor behavioral healthcare program for youth.

A Sycamore attorney was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison after being found guilty on federal bankruptcy charges this past summer, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office officials.

Kelly Zerby, a P.E. teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in DeKalb, was recently named 2022 Midwest Elementary P.E. Teacher of the Year.

Four more DeKalb County residents died due to complications from COVID-19, according to state data reported Thursday, bringing the death toll to 168. Regional ICU bed availability remains in the single digits. DeKalb County's positivity rate shows a slight decline.

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For many workers in industries such as hospitality, nonprofit and emergency service, remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has never been an option. That makes staffing all the more challenging amid the current viral surge. “If one of our personnel tests positive, we put them off for 10 days,” said Bart Gilmore, deputy chief of training for the DeKalb Fire Department.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) “is over the moon,” he said Wednesday afternoon on Twitter.

A DeKalb elementary school teacher and several parents are speaking out about what they’re calling “extreme behaviors” by students in classrooms, which they said is causing significant negative impact and traumatizing students.

A Chicago man is facing charges after allegedly punching a woman and hitting her with a broomstick while she was holding a child, prosecutors say.