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DeKalb city leaders recently banned vape vending machines and the sale of unregulated THC and the stimulant kratom, citing safety concerns. But some business owners argued the prohibition would harm sales and was unfair because of the growing legal cannabis industry.

Yorkville Christian guard Jayden Riley is enjoying a breakout summer, with up to six scholarship offers after his performances at Riverside-Brookfield and Romeoville. Riley, last year's Record Newspapers Player of the Year, has set lofty goals for his senior season.

The Lee J. Hall Memorial was held at Kankakee County Speedway last Friday, where Braiden Keller and Nick Seplak won the main races and big paychecks that came with them.

Jeremy Fears Jr., a Joliet West alum and current Michigan State basketball star, threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday at the Chicago White Sox game against the San Francisco Giants. Fears is a part of local NIL initiative funded by the White Sox.

The first half of the Prospect League season ended last week. The Pistol Shrimp finished third in the Western Conference Northwest Division with an 11-14 record.

A collection of 40 of the top prep baseball players this past spring from across The Times' 13-school coverage area.

Congratulations to the 2025 Times Baseball Player of the Year, Marquette all-state pitcher/leadoff man Alec Novotney.

Top high school baseball players from around the state will take the field one more time as prep players during the 48th annual Illinois Coaches Association Senior All-Star Games on Monday at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.

A look at the top boys track and field athletes in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

After powering the Boilermakers to back-to-back regional championships against some of the best teams in the state, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Cody Freitas is the Daily Journal Baseball Player of the Year.

The La Salle County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the body found in a field near Grand Ridge.

Lydia Hammond capped off one of the best pitching seasons in the state with a Class 4A postseason run for the ages, earning the title of Daily Journal Softball Player of the Year.

Here is a look back at the top boys basketball players in the Sauk Valley area for the 2024-25 season.

Whether at the plate, on the mound or in the field, top-tier players abound on this year's Daily Journal All-Area Baseball Team.

As an encore to a stellar junior season when he scored more points than any Dixon player, Darius Harrington obliterated his own scoring record on his way to taking over the top spot on the Dukes’ all-time scoring list. He is the 2024-25 SVM Player of the Year.

The University of Dubuque junior-to-be from Princeton has been selected to the USA D-3 Basketball Team for its 2025 Brazil Tour from July 7-16. The USA team is made up of talented men’s basketball players from NCAA Division 3 colleges and universities across the United States.

Bureau County had a state track finals this spring like none other when it produced not one but two state champions in the same event. Landon Hulsing won the 1A title and Ian Morris won the 2A crown. They are the 2025 co-NewsTribune Boys Track & Field Athletes of the Year.

With 27 all-state standouts and several more all-conference selections that helped fuel spostseason runs, the Daily Journal All-Area Softball Team is as good as it gets.

A 51-year-old DeKalb man was charged Thursday after a minor told police that the man allegedly sexually assaulted them more than 100 times for multiple years and stomped the minor’s pet birds to death, according to court records.

Here's a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for June 15-21, 2025.

McHenry's Brian Rockweiler is the 2025 Northwest Herald Baseball Coach of the Year after leading the Warriors to a record-breaking season that ended with a runner-up finish in the Class 4A state tournament.

Senior pitcher Brandon Shannon and McHenry enjoyed a historic season. Shannon set school records for career wins and single-season strikeouts and led the Warriors to a second-place finish at state. Shannon is the 2025 Northwest Herald Baseball Player of the Year.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area baseball team.

Here is a look at some of the best softball players the area had to offer in the 2025 season, the 2025 Herald-News All-Area Softball Team.

Lisabella Dimitrijevic of Lincoln-Way Central earned her second straight Herald-News Softball Player of the Year honor after going 23-1 with a 0.47 ERA and 349 strikeouts against 29 walks.

A DeKalb man pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence of drugs and causing a 2024 crash that killed sheriff’s deputy, veteran and mother Christina Musil. He's expected to be sentenced in August.

Even before Tommy, an 18-month-old Golden Retriever, was sworn in to service as Geneva’s first comfort dog, the shaggy canine had already been called to action. Tommy was presented at a recent public meeting this month.

Wheaton North senior shortstop and Brown commit Reagan Crosthwaite, who set single-season and career records for homers and RBIs and led the Falcons to their second straight sectional final, is the 2025 Suburban Life Softball Player of the Year.

The Kane County Liquor Commission on Wednesday denied Blackjack's Gentlemen's Club's application for a liquor license in a 2-2 tie vote, which is a denial because there was no majority vote. The strip club has been operating without a liquor license since 2012.

Scott Busam helped lead Prairie Ridge to a historic season. The Wolves won their first Fox Valley Conference championship since 2016 and advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals for the first time. Busam is the 2025 Northwest Herald Softball Coach of the Year.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area Softball Team.

Prairie Ridge junior right-handed pitcher Reese Mosolino found another gear in the postseason, tossing five shutouts in seven games and leading the Wolves to their best season ever. Mosolino is the 2025 Northwest Herald Softball Player of the Year.

Check out some of the best pictures captured by Daily Chronicle photographers for Shaw Local News Network the week of June 21-27, 2025.

Here is the 2025 Record Newspapers All-Area baseball team.

Sandwich junior Braden Behringer, who starred both on the mound and at the plate for the Indians this spring, is the 2025 Record Newspapers Baseball Player of the Year.

See if your favorite player made the 2025 Herald-News All-Area Baseball Team, featuring the best of the best across the Will/Grundy County area.

The state’s appellate court has vacated a Whiteside County judge’s 2024 ruling denying a Sterling man’s motion to withdraw the guilty plea he made three years ago in the 2017 drunken driving death of a Sterling woman.

Officers injured, squads damaged after Freeport police pursue suspected stolen vehicle that later turns up and is chased by multiple agencies two more times in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties overnight into Thursday.

Bureau County had a state track finals this spring like none other when it produced not one but two state champions in the same event. Landon Hulsing won the 1A title and Ian Morris won the 2A crown. They are the 2025 co-BCR Boys Track & Field Athletes of the Year.

Nathan P. Sweeney, 45, of DeKalb, pleaded guilty Thursday at the DeKalb County Courthouse, for driving under the influence on March 28, 2024, and causing a crash that killed DeKalb County sheriff‘s deputy Christina Musil.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area softball team.

Lincoln-Way West's Conor Essenburg was the Herald-News Baseball Player of the Year last season and improved in almost every statistical category, making him an easy choice to repeat in 2025.

Here’s a look at the Finals Bureau County area boys track & field athletes representing ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

Alibi Bar and Grill in downtown St. Charles will close its doors by end of July, to make way for new arcade bar Rec Haus, new business owner Erik Gilly said.

The 2025 Streator Little League 12U city champions are Winterrowd Funeral after surviving a Hatzer & Sons comeback and an extra inning Wednesday at Southside Park.

A look at this year’s individual Bureau County Junior High Track & Field Honor Roll leaders, including athletes from Bureau Valley, DePue, Ladd, Lamoille, Princeton Logan and Spring Valley JFK

It’s not every day a public school board meeting includes an update on the work of a dog, but that’s just what Dooley, a German Shorthaired Pointer who works as a therapy dog in the district, and his Sycamore Police Department partners did this week.

L-P softball coach Randy Huebbe was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, and started chemotherapy treatment during the season. He said his prognosis is good.

As the 25th annual Storm Dayz tournament kicks off this Friday in Sycamore, the Sycamore Sycos, buoyed by last year’s historic victory, aim to capitalize on newfound momentum against fierce competition from the Kishwaukee Valley Storm and beyond.

When the state grocery tax lifts on Illinoisans in January, DeKalb purchases will continue to be taxed locally, the DeKalb City Council voted this week. Officials argued the tax is needed to maintain public services.