Cortland News

Al Roloff stands on the Cemetery Road bridge where the western tributary of the South Branch of the Kishwaukee begins, north of Shabbona.

On Tuesday evening, Nov. 9, a fire destroyed a duplex in Sycamore. Sycamore firefighters, along with service personnel from Burlington, Cortland, DeKalb, Elburn, Genoa-Kingston, Hampshire, Malta and Maple Park quickly arrived to safely contain the blaze.

SYCAMORE – An application to expand the county landfill should be filed to the county by Nov.

Piles of dirt left by a developer sit in front of homes in the Greenfield Ridge subdivision in Waterman.

A rural DeKalb County man was arrested Wednesday after federal agents allegedly found thousands of pornographic images of children on his computer.

CORTLAND – The DeKalb School Board narrowed the options from five to two as they continued their discussions of how to best utilize space to educate the 6,000 students who attend district schools.

ST. CHARLES – An Elburn man is charged with sex abuse after he left behind at a party a videotape depicting his fondling of an unconscious young woman, police said Thursday.

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Mary Bauling , of DeKalb, discusses the informational handouts with Russ Fletcher, DeKalb schools community relations director during a special meeting at Cortland Elementary School in regards to the possible closing of a Malta school on Wednesday Oct.

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As part of the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival Oct. 25, the Sycamore Kiwanis Club held its annual Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest.

DeKALB – There were slightly fewer major crimes in DeKalb County in 2008, compared with 2007.

Last updated on 10/26/2009 at 12:27 a.m. Police were unable to determine the cause of a structure fire that broke out at Old Orchard Place Townhouses, 1001 W. Lincoln Highway, Friday night.

DeKALB – No one was injured in a fire at an apartment complex late Friday night.

Trustees from the Malta Village Board have passed a resolution asking the DeKalb School Board to consider multiple concerns they have as the school district continues talking about grade reconfiguration.

SYCAMORE – Bond was set at $75,000 Monday for a DeKalb man charged with robbing a Cortland apartment at gunpoint Sunday night.

Last updated on 10/18/2009 at 11:08 p.m. Before the ink can soak the skin, potential DeKalb tattoo artists need to fill out an application for an establishment license.

DeKALB -- All but two of the nine candidates vying for DeKalb School Board agree that it's time to pass the district's latest version of a multi-million dollar building referendum to upgrade and add space throughout the 12-school system.

The DeKalb School District is seeking three volunteers to be members of its Curriculum Council, which is a standing committee of the school board.

Nicolas Kelly, 1, was so focused on picking up candy at the Cortland Fall Festival parade Sunday afternoon he didn't even notice his father, Doug Kelly, coming up behind him to scoop him out of the street.