As work gets underway on the site of an estimated 1-million-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility off Peace Road and Fairview Drive, a DeKalb panel threw its unanimous support behind an unknown manufacturer’s plans.

Bill Lovett – longtime businessman and founder of Lovett’s Towing and Recovery in DeKalb – is being remembered as a father figure to many. Lovett died on Oct. 18. He was 73. Shannon Lovett described his father as “larger than life.”

Running back Chavon Wright lines up at quarterback out of the shotgun. He takes the snap. Looks for an opening. It’s a play NIU has run a lot on third and fourth downs in short yardage situations. But it wasn't there when the Huskies needed it most in a loss to WMU on Tuesday.

Both passing offense struggled Tuesday, but Western Michigan did enough on the ground and defensively in the second half to knock off NIU in the Huskies' final mid-week MAC game.

Sycamore’s top employee said he believes the average price of gas in Sycamore is more expensive than at DeKalb gas stations, despite having a lower motor fuel tax than the neighboring city.

Anyone who buys gasoline in Sycamore will soon pay 3 more cents per gallon after a Sycamore City Council vote to raise the city’s motor fuel tax this week. Officials said the tax pays for road maintenance.

DeKalb's annual charity basketball game and toy drive returns on Dec. 1 at Huntley Middle School, pitting local first responders and teachers in a friendly rivalry for a good cause.

A Sycamore special education teacher who "had an incredible ability to make others feel valued and cared for," has died after her fight with cancer, School District 427 interim superintendent Nick Reineck announced Monday.

Multiple residents of University Village on DeKalb's north side made some concerns regarding quality of living, youth activities and engagement known to city leaders in a public meeting this weekend. "It’s going to take a village to save a village," resident Demetrius Page said.

DeKalb loses a lot of players. Sycamore brings back a lot. Kaneland splits the difference. We look at five key storylines heading into the boys basketball season in the Daily Chronicle area.