DeKalb City Council incumbent Scott McAdams won’t know until Friday, just days before the election, if his name will remain on the ballot pending a judge’s ruling on an appeal to remove him backed in part by McAdams’ opposition, write-in candidate Derek Van Buer.

The driver of a semi-trailer truck was hospitalized Wednesday after the truck he was driving overturned on Somonauk Road and Illinois Route 38, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A DeKalb man accused of armed violence after police said they found him with a machine gun and drugs during a traffic stop refuted his criminal charges Wednesday, telling a judge he fell asleep at a traffic light.

After two months on the job, Carl Reina is out as Sycamore fire chief, confirmed Sycamore Fire Department employees, though details on his departure aren’t readily available.

A DeKalb man was denied bond by a DeKalb County judge as he faces murder charges in the shooting death of 33-year-old Carl Austin, who prosecutors allege Romel A. Hollingsworth Jr. shot 13 times after a marijuana deal went bad.

D.P. Dough, a restaurant widely known for its calzones, is expected to put down roots in DeKalb at the former Tom & Jerry’s spot on West Lincoln Highway.

Sycamore police are warning residents to keep their homes, cars and garages locked and be on alert for suspicious activity after two separate incidents recently were reported blocks from each other on Home and Greenleaf streets.

A North Chicago man is accused of grooming a 14-year-old girl and requesting sex via nude photos he allegedly sent to her over social media app Snapchat, court records show.

The family of a DeKalb teen killed in a 2022 fentanyl overdose on his birthday is speaking out for the first time. The woman charged in his death is back in police custody after escaping to Florida.