Athletes in Action tracks players with ties to local communities as they compete at the collegiate level. The following football players will compete during the week of October 9 to October 16.
The truancy rate at Clinton Rosette Middle School fell to 5 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
More than 81.1 percent of teachers stay at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
About 95 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 84 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The truancy rate at Cortland Elementary School stayed flat at 1 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Sycamore Middle School fell to 1 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
There was an offender convicted of a property crime released on parole near Illinois zip code 60548 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.
There was an offender convicted of a property crime released on parole near Illinois zip code 60146 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.
There was an offender convicted of a financial crime or fraud released on parole near Illinois zip code 60178 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.
There was an offender convicted of a crime involving alcohol released on parole near Illinois zip code 60548 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.
The truancy rate at Genoa-Kingston High School stayed flat at 1 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
There were two offenders convicted of crimes against persons released on parole near Illinois zip code 60115 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.
There was an offender convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons released on parole near Illinois zip code 60115 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.
There were two offenders convicted of property crimes released on parole near Illinois zip code 60115 during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DeKalb Times.