Sycamore school board members recently added four new administrative positions with yearly salaries worth a total of $501,500. Board President Michael DeVito told Shaw Local, “The district has the financial ability to pay for the salaries of the people we hire.”

A local church is one step closer to expanding its facility and parking lot but needs DeKalb City Council approval to proceed.

In a farewell speech this week, outgoing Superintendent Minerva Garcia-Sanchez centered on her commitment to serving students in her role as DeKalb School District 428’s top education official, a post she’s held since 2021.

The Sycamore in Bloom planters found at two dozen locations across Sycamore have a financial sponsor, the 1st Ward alderwoman said.

An Oswego School District 308 assistant superintendent has been selected to become the first chief operating officer for Sycamore schools.

The principal of a La Grange School District elementary school will be Sycamore’s next director of learning and teaching for elementary school students.

A DeKalb commission, charged with reviewing planning and zoning matters, gave initial support to the Project Big Lakes, a development being proposed on behalf of an unnamed company.

A majority of the Sycamore City Council Monday voted in favor of charging new fees when certain actions are taken by the Sycamore Fire Department while responding to a call for help.

The Sycamore City Council may soon impose a fee on those who need the city’s fire department to respond to certain car crashes, city documents show.

At least 100 people gathered in the new Sycamore Fire Station No. 1 Friday to watch a firefighter’s version of a ribbon cutting. Interim Fire Chief Mike Thomas said the new "station belongs to the entire community."

Leaders from DeKalb School District 428 have agreed to a deal to purchase the property used to house its transition program for special education students ages 18 to 22.

A decision from the state review board capable of determining if the former Kindred Sycamore Hospital building can again be used as a long-term acute care facility won’t be made this month.

The city of DeKalb won’t yet be breaking ground on its long-awaited transit center off Dresser Road this spring as planned. With a wet spring, the ground needs some work before constructino begins, city officials said.

A new alumni memorial bench for the classes of ‘70s from DeKalb High School was dedicated on Friday, May 22, outside the high school.

Sycamore Mayor Steve Braser is seeking to rally support for a proposed $11 million healthcare development that would modernize the former Sycamore Kindred Hospital building after the property’s former owners signaled opposition to the facility’s revival

Four new Sycamore first responders were sworn into duty during the Sycamore City Council meeting this week.

A $165.4 million drafted budget for fiscal 2027 is expected to be considered by the DeKalb School District 428 school board this summer.

A proposed renovation that would transform the interior of the former Central School building in downtown Sycamore into more than a dozen apartment units has the approval of the Sycamore City Council.