Sycamore News

Rockford has been long known for its struggles including a high crime right, high unemployment, and the recent designation as the 3rd most miserable city in the nation by Forbes Magazine.

On Monday, RT Ericson Builders was awarded $58,404.50 by the Sycamore City Council to repair hazardous sidewalks near schools and heavily traveled areas.

Cancer survivor Raegan Mann, 6, of DeKalb decides what candy she wants Friday during the 17th annual Relay For Life of DeKalb County at Sycamore High School.

Tony Deyal In the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, which is set in the 1830s, the character Mr Bumble was told that the law supposes that your wife acts under your direction.

The Sycamore resident paid $63.82 to fill up the tank of his Ford Ranger at the Road Ranger in DeKalb on Friday, which was the most gas he had to pay for.

SYCAMORE – A 20-year-old man was sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday after admitting to breaking a jail window May 8 while authorities said he was heavily intoxicated.

The owner of Riccardi's Red Hots and Soda Fountain, located at 418 West State St. in Sycamore, is going pink for Sycamore's 9th annual Ladies Night Out fundraiser for breast cancer research.

Rosann Feldmann, center, former principal of St. Peter Catholic School in Geneva, embraces Chase Hofmann of Elburn as she says good-bye Monday, the last day of school.

Reema "Nicki" Bajaj pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor prostitution for a single incident in August 2010, which happened before she became an attorney in November 2010.

Some wildlife experts say they're noticing an increase in feisty fowl across parts of Illinois, thanks to a delayed nesting season.

Six-month investigation reveals dozens of school taxi drivers have criminal histories, ranging from public indecency and domestic battery, to soliciting a prostitute and even child sexual assault.

The Kishwaukee Valley Art League is proud to present the annual Northern Illinois Art Show to the public on Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2. Held each spring in Sycamore on the DeKalb County Courthouse lawn and in its 42nd year, the Northern Illinois Art Show features the work of artists in fine arts and fine crafts from across the Midwest.

Four members of a Northern Illinois University fraternity have pleaded not guilty to felony hazing charges in connection with a student's death.

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Steven A. Libert , of Naperville, appeared in DeKalb County Court in Sycamore, Ill.

The Ellwood-Nehring mansion at 417 N. First St. in DeKalb, circa 1900. Thanks to the Ellwood House Museum for the photo.

Ashley Barry, left, and Josh Oates, both third-graders at Kingston Elementary School, watch a snake slither at the Natural Resource Education Center at Russell Woods Forest Preserve.

Barb Pondelick, of Sycamore, uses a garden hoe to mark where to plant vegetable plants at her parents' farm in Maple Park, Ill., Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Emilio G. Seay, 25, of the 80 block of East Clover Avenue, was charged on Thursday, May 23 with unlawful restraint and criminal sexual assault.

On the surface, it appeared like an average dinner night out Tuesday at the Culver's in Sycamore.

SYCAMORE – A Manufactured Packaging Products worker suffered serious injuries Tuesday after his hand became entrapped in a heavy industrial roller machine, authorities said.