During an online forum Thursday night, all five Republican candidates for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District seat criticized the U.S. House committee investigating last year’s deadly assault of the U.S. Capitol.

DeKalb County’s rural transit bus system will soon have four new buses, after the transportation provider was allotted state funding for the purchases.

DeKalb school district leaders said this week they plan to address student truancy in a school improvement plan meant to outline district goals through 2025.

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DeKalb County voters took advantage of the early voting period Thursday at the polling place in the DeKalb County Legislative Center in Sycamore. Early voting opened Thursday ahead of the June 28 primary election.

The DeKalb School District 428 teachers’ union is asking the school board to consider changes to elementary art classes next year for what the union says will afford art teachers greater opportunity to forge student relationships.

Sycamore city employees who aren’t first responders or union workers will no longer have to live within 20 miles of city limits, after a residency requirement was lifted this week.

A new 61-unit, four-story apartment building by DeKalb-based developer Pappas Development is one step closer to gaining full city approval. Arista Residences units would lease for an estimated $1,350 per month, city documents show.

Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players performed a concert during an all-school assembly at Lincoln Elementary School in DeKalb this week, the students' first all-school assembly in more than two years.

The DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is officially for sale, and county officials said Wednesday the struggling facility is actively being marketed, although the earliest the board could decide on a sale is June 15.