A new convenience store is preparing to open in a former gas station that was previously abandoned on DeKalb’s north side.

A popular taco spot in Sycamore that was forced to close after a fire in 2025 has found a new home in the new year.

It will soon be game over for a popular retailer in the Northland Plaza shopping center in DeKalb.

A DeKalb man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 years Thursday after admitting that he filmed himself more than 15 times hurting his girlfriend’s baby. He faced up to 30 years if he’d been convicted at trial

The city of DeKalb is applying for a grant to remediate contaminated city-owned land from a former salvage site in the hopes that it might spur future development along South Fourth Street.