A former Sycamore School District 427 employee pleaded not guilty this week to aggravated battery charges brought on by accusations that he inappropriately touched multiple students while employed with the district, court records show.
A group of protestors led primarily by two Northern Illinois University student activists called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War Monday, slowing traffic as they marched along Lucinda Avenue in DeKalb.
Ex-police officer James Corralejo of DeKalb denied allegations Monday that he consumed alcohol in violation of the terms of his release, as he awaits trial accused of driving drunk and causing a Nov. 5, 2023, crash, that killed DeKalb woman Graciela Reza Contreras.
Prosecutors alleged Monday that on Aug. 14, 2016, Jonathan Hurst violently beat Patricia Wilson, 85, and Robert Wilson, 64, to death in their Sycamore home, and that DNA evidence will prove it in a trial expected to convene in June, almost eight years later.
A Sycamore man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for assaulting a West Dundee police officer in 2022, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
DeKalb residents should expect a 3.3% increase in their water bills after City Council action this week prompted by what officials said was inflation. The rate increase will first show up on bills sent out July 1.
Downtown DeKalb intersections are cleared as of 11:45 a.m. Friday after a train temporarily blocked multiple routes when it stopped on the tracks.
An Earlville man has been charged in a violent attack and home invasion, accused of choking and beating a woman who repeatedly attempted to escape during a drive, threatening to kill her and breaking into her Shabbona home, court documents show.
Nathan P. Sweeney, of DeKalb, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that allege he drove under the influence of drugs and caused a crash in Waterman that killed DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil while she was on duty.