Camden Lazenby

It’s been a week since married couple Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt were found dead in their Sycamore home, and loved ones are planning a public visitation at St. John Lutheran Church in their memory on Thursday.

Dozens came together Monday in DeKalb to create a safe space for those impacted by domestic violence at Safe Passage’s annual domestic violence candlelight vigil. Among locals remembered were Sycamore couple Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt.

Sycamore married couple Gary Schmidt and Holly Schmidt are being remembered for their love of animals, enduring community spirit and how they “gave so openly." A GoFundMe campaign is raising money to support their family.

DeKalb County Engineer Nathan Schwartz said the next phase of the Peace Road widening project, which would focus on the area from Freed Road to Main Street in Sycamore, likely won’t commence until 2028.

Local elected officials, developers and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital representatives met in Sycamore Wednesday to herald the beginning of a charitable housing project.

Circuit Court Judge Philip Montgomery denied the man’s release, ruling that Schmidt’s release could endanger the public and citing the man’s criminal record

Update: A 35-year-old Sycamore man has been charged with murder in connection to the violent deaths of his parents, authorities announced Tuesday. This is a developing story.

With no appointment necessary, adults and children can now walk into the DeKalb County Health Department and receive a flu vaccine five days a week, the department announced Monday.

A Davis Junction woman and a Kentucky man suffered serious injuries when their overturned Harley-Davidson Trike landed on them during a Sunday crash in Shabbona Township, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Sycamore’s fiscal 2026 budget could be $700,000 more than 2025, the city's top official told the City Council this month. City Manager Michael Hall said the proposal would come without a property tax raise, however.

A Waterman man pleaded guilty and was sentenced this month to possessing material that depicted child sexual abuse after a year-long investigation, court records show.

A Genoa woman was hospitalized after a rollover crash Friday involving an SUV and a truck in northern DeKalb County, authorities said.

A DeKalb man who recently was charged with animal cruelty after police said he struck a cat in the face with a hammer was ordered by a judge this week to forfeit his dogs, Mochi the Shiba Inu and S’Mores, a Yorkshire Terrier, court records show.

A new McDonald's is now open at the corner of Plank Road and Illinois Route 23 in Sycamore.

While a nearly 2,000-acre solar facility recently approved by the DeKalb County Board has received much public attention, a couple of smaller projects also were greenlit by county officials this month.