#Proudlydekalb Stories

OC Creative Welcomes Leslie Latimer to the Team Sometimes a thing just works. This summer OC invited three interns to join them, and while they loved them all and wanted to keep them, they didn’t have permanent spots for everyone to fill. Leslie Latimer, however, filled the full-time graphic designer spot, and she’s been working hard ever since settling in …

#Proudlydekalb Stories

My name is Cate Cardella! I was born and raised in DeKalb, my parents still live in the same brick house on South Second street. At one time we even had a white picket fence. I was able to attend Tyler elementary school, the building my mom helped open with principal George Riccio in 1969 and in 2012 I taught …

#ProudlyDekalb Stories

Story: Hi My name is Cari Cudak and the owner of AlexaAlexis Boutique recently just opened at 126 south 4th street.  I have spent a lot of time and this area as a child and some of my adult years here in Dekalb. Always said one day I wanted a chance to give back to this community. I moved away …