Megann Horstead

A large crowd turned out Thursday to DeKalb High School for legislative updates with U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood. She spoke on several topics including immigration and whether she's considering a Senate run for retiring Democrat Dick Durbin's seat.

A large crowd turned out this week to protest the federal government’s decisions to revoke visas from five international students at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Attendees included U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood and Cortland Mayor Mark Pietrowski, who works at NIU.

WM marked Earth Day this week with a ribbon cutting on its new $60 million renewable natural gas facility, 18370 Somonauk Road, DeKalb.

Public schools in Illinois could be one step closer to adopting a statewide cellphone policy that bans the use of mobile devices during classroom instruction time. What do DeKalb and Sycamore school leaders think of the proposal?

The DeKalb School District 428 school board this week approved an update to superintendent Minerva Garcia-Sanchez’s employment contract, which now includes 278 additional sick days, district documents show.

Some candidates running for DeKalb mayor in the consolidated election this spring raised more campaign dollars than others, according to new campaign spending records recently released by the Illinois State Board of Elections.

A reception for senior capstone projects highlighting the creative works of graduating Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science students in Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design is fast approaching.

Organizers behind DeKalb's free Cinco de Mayo celebration are planning to bring all the food, fun and entertainment back for the third year in a row. Festivities will take place from noon to 8 p.m. May 4 in Frank Van Buer Plaza in the city’s downtown.

After the relocation of the historic Hired Man’s House from Sycamore to DeKalb last fall, project leaders said building improvements were in order and are expected to be completed in the coming months.

A DeKalb panel is preliminarily backing plans to rezone a Grove Street building that once housed a motorbike seller, in hopes of helping the building’s owner market the vacant space for new business.

Barb STEAMCon, an event meant to celebrate all things science, technology, engineering, art and math, made its return Saturday to DeKalb High School after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted its hiatus.

An American political science scholar has been arrested and charged in Thailand with insulting the Thai monarchy, the U.S. State Department announced. Paul Chambers, 58, an NIU alum from Oklahoma, could face 15 years in jail.

Safe Passage Inc. hosted its annual Take Back the Night March and Speak Out event in DeKalb this week to mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Hundreds crowded in downtown DeKalb Saturday with a message to President Donald Trump: hands off immigration and human rights, the economy, Social Security and government workers, among others. Similar protests were held in all 50 states Saturday.

The return of the Reality Bytes Student Film Festival on April 15 and 16 in DeKalb will feature more than 20 different international films, organizers said.