DeKalb 66 American Legion member Jerry Busby, of DeKalb, salutes the flag before the start of the DeKalb Memorial Day parade on Third St. in downtown DeKalb on Monday, May 25, 2015.  Busby is a Korean War veteran who served in the Army. ©Daily Chronicle

A new tech-term, “workplace telepressure,” was created by NIU psychology researchers Larissa Barber and Alecia Santuzzi through a new study on workplace telepressure and its implications, published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Barber and Santuzzi define the term as an urge to quickly respond to emails, texts and voicemails – regardless of whatever else is happening or whether one is even “at work.”  This preoccupation with work digital communication could lead to burnout and sleeping issues. ©Daily Chronicle

Jordan Ervin, 6, takes a break after playing with his three sisters after school on the couch in his family's DeKalb home on Thursday, August 28, 2014. Ervin was born not breathing and has had issues with speech, development, muscle tone, asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder since. In June of 2008, he was diagnosed with Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects 1 in 10,000 people worldwide, according to the Williams Syndrome Association. ©Daily Chronicle

Brenda Jergens sits in her Malta home with a picture of her son Kurt Hudson who died of a heroin overdose in his upstairs bedroom on Sept. 29, 2013.  ©Daily Chronicle

Father Dean Russell joined St.Mary's Catholic Church in DeKalb as their lead priest on July 1, 2014.  Russell, shown here in the church on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, has been a priest for 14 years and came to the parish from Rockford. ©Daily Chronicle

Ham Mike Heiderscheidt, WD9GNX call sign, performs an on-air net test for other amateur radios ham operators from his Waterman basement on Monday, January 19, 2015.  Heiderscheidt conducts the test every Monday night at 9 p.m. to call role and play the weekly rain report on-air for other hams to check their signal strength. ©Daily Chronicle

Farmer Bryan Flower, of Red Home Farm in Lee, opens the door to the hayloft of his barn that was originally purchased in the 1930's from a Sears catalog, during a tour of the farm he was giving his Northern Illinois University quantity food production class during a field trip on Friday, May 1, 2015.  In addition to farming the 12 acre farmette with his wife, Flower is a chef and the food systems lab coordinator at NIU.  The proposed DeKalb food hub interests him both from a seller and buyer standpoint. ©Daily Chronicle

DeKalb junior Jensen Keck is the Daily Chronicle's 2014 women's swimmer of the year.  Keck placed ninth in the 100 yard breaststroke state finals with a time of 1:04.89. ©Daily Chronicle

Owner of Classic Books Charles Sigwart stands in front of a room filled with used books in his shop within the carriage house of 115 First St. in DeKalb on Thursday, October 2, 2014.  Sigwart has leased the 800 square foot space since 2005 and on average has about 13,000 used books for sale at any given time. ©Daily Chronicle

Crystal Lake Central's Nelle Youel is the 2010 Northwest Herald tennis player of the year.  Youel has has been Central’s No. 1 singles player since her freshman year and will attend Northern Illinois University next year on a tennis scholarship. ©Northwest Herald

Paulette Waller sits at her husband Dave Waller's bedside at the Hospice of Northeastern Illinois Inpatient Unit in Woodstock on April 17. Dave Waller, 63, was employed as an electrician by Morton Chemical Company of Ringwood for 28 years.  Waller died of complications from cancer a few hours after this photograph was taken.

Tim and Sandy Wierschke sit in their living room Friday with their dog Kasey in their home on Maple Hill Drive in McCullom Lake.  Sandy was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme in 2006, which she alleges in a lawsuit was caused by pollution from nearby manufacturer Rohm and Haas.  She was recently released from Lutheran General Hospital after a two-month stay and the couple drove to Philadelphia for the first day of Joanne Branham's trial.  Tim and Sandy have lived in McCullom Lake since 1993 and have been married for 22 years. ©Northwest Herald

Excelling in both football and track & field for Sycamore High School, Dion Hooker is the 2015 Daily Chronicle's male athlete of the year. ©Daily Chronicle