While two high-ranking members of the \House of Representatives’ Veterans Affairs Committee offered an update on their work to a group of veterans and citizens at a town hall meeting at La Salle VFW on Saturday, the conversation also touched on rural health care issues.

Years ago, Nadine Lussman now admits, she looked upon her family tree as little more than a collection of names and dates and places.

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DeKalb High School held its Class of 2023 Commencement Saturday at Northern Illinois University's Convocation Center.

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The Sycamore High School class of 2023 graduated Sunday during commencement ceremonies at Sycamore High School.

Sycamore sophomore Aidan Wyzard loves his new sport even more after taking second in the Class 2A long jump at the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet.

The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early hours of Saturday morning after the Illinois House gave its approval to a $50.6 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.

To read some of Marlon King Jr.’s diary entries, he was a young father who had his future in mind. "Don’t judge him from his final day on the planet," mom Tara McCarthy said of her son, 19, killed in a DeKalb shooting May 11.

Looking for something to do this weekend or upcoming week? Check out the Story Walk opening Wednesday, the start of the DeKalb Farmers Market next Thursday and more.

A DeKalb woman has been accused of defrauding her former employer, Cole Pallet, out of more than $1.4 million over a six-year span by cashing unauthorized checks, transferring funds and buying personal items on the company’s Amazon account and having them sent to her home.