The Sycamore baseball team hosted Kaneland Tuesday night in an Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

The westbound lanes of Interstate 88 were closed for hours Monday afternoon after a person was killed in a shooting involving police, authorities said. A Honda sedan with a shattered window was surrounded by law enforcement vehicles and personnel at the scene just west of Keslinger Road in Maple Park.

The Genoa-Kingston girls soccer team played North Boone Thursday in a Big Northern Conference matchup.

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce held a Local Showcase Thursday afternoon featuring booths from over 100 local businesses and organizations for attendees to check out.

The DeKalb High School softball team hosted Metea Valley Wednesday afternoon in a matchup of two DuPage Valley Conference teams.

Community members gathered at NIU's Convocation Center in DeKalb on April 18 for Safe Passage's annual Walk A Mile in Their Shoes event, meant to mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month and support local survivors.

The DeKalb boys volleyball team hosted Naperville North JV Tuesday night. This is the first year the Barbs are fielding a boys volleyball team.

After receiving some instruction by experts from the Morton Arboretum Tuesday morning DeKalb Township officials, along with several volunteers planted trees at Elder Care Services in DeKalb as part of the township's 250 Trees for Tomorrow program.

The DeKalb baseball team took on Waubonsie Valley Monday afternoon at DeKalb High School.