Dekalb County News

A Lombard man was killed Wednesday after a train mishap. Kevin C. Jablonsky, 21, was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific Train approximately a qurater of a mile east of the Nelson Road crossing, which is west of DeKalb.

Pictured is a gravestone in the DeKalb County Cemetery between Small's Furniture City and the strip mall that houses Michael's. DeKalb County historian Phyllis Kelley said the county has used this cemetery for more than 100 years to bury those who had no money or interment plans at the time of their death.

The wide, open spaces of a golf course served as Pete Leuzinger's backdrop for 31 years as a course superintendent, but now the wide, open spaces of DeKalb County cornfields play that role.

DeKALB – Two DeKalb men were being held in the DeKalb County Jail in lieu of $75,000 each, charged with robbing a group of teenagers Friday.

UPDATE: Police say James McKinney is under arrest. He was found in DeKalb County, Illinois.

The police report does not include every crime in a community. In some cases, no police report is filed, and sometimes police withhold information on pending investigations.

DeKALB – Ten of the 40 public schools in DeKalb County did not meet state standards in reading and math this year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

SYCAMORE – The man charged with fleeing the scene of a fatal crash Sunday had no license to drive, police and prosecutors said Monday.

DeKalb County sheriff's police said a vehicle struck a utility pole in front of 23557 Airport Road about 3:42 a.m. Sunday.

James McKinney, 49, was originally picked up on Friday by DeKalb County authorities on a routine traffic stop.

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

DeKALB – About two dozen students are unable to move back home after a fire on Friday night destroyed parts of an apartment complex near Northern Illinois University.

A wind turbine stands in the background as wind farm protesters rally on Saturday at the corner of County Line and Lee roads in Lee.

SYCAMORE – A man has been charged in connection with fleeing the scene of an early morning crash that left one man dead and another hospitalized.

One of the biggest spikes hit Dekalb County where a teen from Sandwich died over the weekend with a confirmed case of the Swine flu.

Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

The Sandwich School District is offering grief counseling and doing what it can to make its buildings virus-free in the wake of the H1N1 virus-related death of a former student at Sandwich High School.

A DeKalb County man, charged with shooting a woman with an arrow last month, died in custody Monday morning.

DeKALB – A DeKalb County teenager who attended high school in Sandwich last year has died of complications related to the H1N1 flu, according to school district officials.

Someone knows. Someone knows what happened to Bradley Olsen, the 26-year-old man from Maple Park who vanished on a winter night in 2007 after a night at a local bar.