Camden Lazenby

Radford

DeKalb County and Sycamore Beat Reporter at Daily Chronicle

DeKalb County and Sycamore beat reporter for @daily_Chronicle | Radford alum | Bylines in @RUTartan, @TheFourthTurn, @Rubbingsracing | WFIR

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Sycamore STEM teacher transforms middle school shop classes

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – By all accounts, Sycamore Middle School career and technical education teacher Kevin Boltz has gone above and beyond to give his students access to equipment that some only see once they’ve arrived on a college campus. In 2023, Boltz received a $24,000 grant from Meta after writing about his desire to “get real technology in kids’ hands” at Sycamore Middle School. Meta, the parent company of social media giants Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, also has a data center in DeKalb.
Call it ‘Wheeler elementary’ in Sycamore

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – The matriarch of the Wheeler family, one of three family members who work at South Prairie Elementary School, is getting ready to retire at the end of the school year. Deb Wheeler has been a paraprofessional at various Sycamore School District 427 elementary schools for more than three decades. This June, she’ll say goodbye to a 33-year career. “[It’s] bittersweet because I do love what I do,” Deb Wheeler said.
Meet Sycamore coaches helping athletes’ mental health

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – A group of social workers, teachers and coaches at Sycamore High School has come together to form a coalition to support student athletes’ health, both body and mind. High school social worker Maryellen Spicer, a mother of student athletes, said she came across an Instagram post in spring 2022 with pictures of more than a dozen collegiate athletes. But one harsh reality stood out. “They were college athletes who had died by suicide,” Spicer said.
Sycamore won’t broadcast City Council meetings

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – You won’t be able to watch broadcasts of Sycamore City Council meetings anytime soon after council members this week rejected a request from one of their own to video record their meetings. Sycamore City Council voted 2-4 against a request from 4th Ward Alderman Ben Bumpus to look into broadcasting Sycamore City Council meetings.
Sycamore to purchase city’s first ladder truck for $1.4M

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore Fire Department soon will have a ladder-equipped fire truck for the first time in city history. The Sycamore City Council voted to authorize an about $1.4 million purchase on Monday, The 5-1 vote gave City Manager Michael Hall the go-ahead to purchase a 2022 KME 103-foot Quint Ladder Truck from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus, a used fire truck sales and service company near Huntsville, Alabama, according to city documents.
Honey Aura Studio in Cortland expanding

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

CORTLAND – Honey Aura Studio, a Cortland-based beauty salon is poised to expand into an adjoining retail business space after the owner experienced success following the loss of her parents. Caitlin Welch, the owner of Honey Aura Studio, 16 W. Benson Ave., Cortland, said she was working as an aesthetician for European Wax Center before going through what she called “a pretty traumatic year” that sent her on the path of business ownership.
Spartan Style barber Don Henderson ready to put down scissors after 68 years

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – Don Henderson has been cutting hair since President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office, and has operated a Sycamore barbershop since “Star Wars” premiered in theaters. But that’s all set to change. Henderson, 88, who started barber school in 1957, will retire at the end of the month. The shop will close April 30. Spartan Style, 550 W. State St., Sycamore, the barbershop Henderson has operated since 1977, will close in conjunction with his retirement.
Late DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil to be memorialized by state

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

SYCAMORE – The late DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil will be posthumously added to the Illinois Police Officers Memorial in Springfield, part of a yearly event to honor law enforcement who’ve died in the line of duty. Musil, 35, was killed while on duty after her squad car was rear-ended by a commercial truck around 10:40 p.m. on March 28, 2024, in Waterman. Her life will be honored the morning of May 1 in Springfield by the Illinois Police Officers Memorial Committee.
Hundreds march in DeKalb to declare “No kings” at anti-Trump protest

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

DeKALB – Hundreds gathered in DeKalb Saturday, part of a planned day of nationwide anti-Trump protests, with many expressing anger at what they see is the undemocratic way President Donald Trump is running the government. The protest began about midday in Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore. By 11:40 a.m. more than 100 people were gathered. By noon, the crowd size grew to about 200, and again to an estimated 500 by 12:40 p.m.One protester was wildlife biologist Amielle DeWan, of Sycamore.
‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protest planned for DeKalb Saturday

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Camden Lazenby

DeKALB – Four DeKalb County organizations, including the DeKalb County Democratic Party, are joining together at noon on Saturday in DeKalb for what organizers are calling a “No Kings” march and protest to voice discontent with the Trump administration. The protest is expected to start in Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road.