As news of the death of longtime DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott spread Monday, tributes began to pour in from colleagues and officials honoring his life and legacy.

Roger Scott, longtime DeKalb County sheriff who retired in 2021 after more than three decades at the helm, died Sunday. The devoted family man "lived a life selflessly serving others," Sheriff Andy Sullivan said Monday.

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Daily Chronicle photos of the late DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott, who died Feb. 23, 2025, surrounded by family. Scott was sheriff for 36 years and worked in the office since 1969.

Route changes could be coming to DeKalb’s public transit operations, with new bus schedules going into effect next month. Proposed changes would address safety, NIU student weekend traffic, ridership numbers and more, documents show.

Soaring egg prices are affecting restaurant margins, menu prices and family grocery budgets in DeKalb County, but restaurateurs said this week that they’re trying not to pass rising costs on to their customers.

A DeKalb County judge this week tossed a bid by DeKalb mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen in her ongoing election legal dispute with the city, though the ruling isn’t likely to affect Nguyen’s chances to be on the April 1 ballot. Nguyen still is running in Tuesday's primary election.

The winner of this year's DeKalb County regional spelling bee seems like she was born for the title. It's in her name, after all. Somonauk teen Brighid ‘Bee’ Reid took the win Saturday with the word "financier."

A DeKalb woman was killed Friday after she was thrown from her vehicle in a traffic crash, according to a news release from St. Charles Police Department.

A Lee woman was hospitalized Tuesday after the car she was driving crashed into a house on Perry Road between Malta and Shabbona, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.