State Rep. Jeff Keicher is calling for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office to investigate the driving background of a DeKalb man charged with driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil.

Meridian, a major health insurance provider especially for income-qualifying patients using Medicaid, will no longer accept Northwestern Medicine health system in network come Jan. 1, confirmed a Northwestern spokesman. "Tens of thousands" of patients will be impacted, he said.

The DeKalb Park District failed to annex the Meta DeKalb Data Center to its tax rolls for two years, likely causing the district to miss out on more than a million dollars in property tax revenue since 2022, an official said.

Court proceedings for a Sycamore teen charged as an adult in the 2023 fatal stabbing of his classmate Kaleb McCall were delayed Wednesday after a judge said a special prosecutor is needed to avoid a conflict of interest with the newly sworn-in DeKalb County State's Attorney.

Four years before police said he caused a crash that killed DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil, Nathan Sweeney pleaded guilty to DUI and possessing heroin – an offense that, if properly reported, should have revoked his driver’s license. The state was never notified.

Kindred Hospital on Edward Street, which is expected to close by spring 2025, will be auctioned off in an effort to redevelopment the property, according to a social media announcement from the City of Sycamore.

Sycamore taxpayers can expect to pay more – some potentially hundreds more, depending on the value of their home – to the school district on their 2024 property tax bills after the Sycamore School District 427 Board approved a $45 million levy this week.

Andrew Densmore of DeKalb is accused of loading up a cart with more than $3,600 in alcohol and walking out with it at McHenry's Jewel-Osco.

Body camera footage released by state police Tuesday shows DeKalb Police Chief David Byrd and Officer Brian Bollow as a tense scene and shooting unfurls at a local car dealership after a DeKalb man attacked multiple employees with knives, authorities said.