Camden Lazenby

Two Leland residents were hospitalized after being involved in a single-car crash Saturday evening in Somonauk Township, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A Creston woman was charged with robbery, aggravated battery and mob action after her former partner was beaten by a group of men who jumped from her car, according to court documents.

The Sycamore City Council may soon impose a fee on those who need the city’s fire department to respond to certain car crashes, city documents show.

The owner of a Sycamore-based real estate firm said Tuesday that pictures of a home his brokerage is under contract for were used in an attempted scam.

A motorcyclist was injured but not hospitalized after avoiding a downed tree while riding through Wednesday afternoon’s storms, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

For the year 2025 alone, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center reports that the financial loss to the public is more than $20 billion. More often than not the victims are 60 years and older.

Hamza Khatatbeh, 17, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Wednesday, nearly three years after he stabbed Sycamore teenager Kaleb McCall to death in a bank parking lot.

DeKalb police arrested a Montgomery man recently after a woman told them he sexually abused her while delivering a couch to her apartment, according to records filed in DeKalb County court.

A five-year all-hazard mitigation plan that qualifies DeKalb County and participating municipalities for state and federal grant funding is due for an update. The public is invited to weigh in on June 11.

At least 100 people gathered in the new Sycamore Fire Station No. 1 Friday to watch a firefighter’s version of a ribbon cutting. Interim Fire Chief Mike Thomas said the new "station belongs to the entire community."

Exactly 13 months after ground was broken for the construction of a new Sycamore Fire Station No. 1, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to formally open the building to the public on Friday.

A firefighter was injured while responding to a detached-garage fire in Sycamore on Wednesday, according to the Sycamore Fire Department.

As another group of freshly graduated college students enters the job market, challenging times may be ahead with slow hiring rates across the country.

The 2026 Sycamore Farmers Market season kicked off at a new location Tuesday on the grounds of the DeKalb County History Center, with a well-attended market and happy vendors. The market runs weekly through Sept. 1

The majority of the city of Sycamore’s annual revenue comes from sales tax, not property taxes, according to city documents and officials. Here's the breakdown