Students, their families and DeKalb residents were greeted Thursday by tornado warnings, rain, and flash floods. Sirens sounded in DeKalb on Thursday, causing faculty, students, and their families to seek shelter. According to DeKalb chief of Police Bill...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared DeKalb County a disaster area Sunday, due to flooding and water damage around the area. At a press conference in Lee County Friday, Blagojevich declared Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties disaster areas. DuPage County...

The American Red Cross has set up an emergency shelter in the DeKalb Park District's Sports and Recreation Center, 1765 S. 4th St., to help those displaced by the flood. Minutes before displaced citizens were to arrive Friday, Red Cross workers were busy...

Rampant flooding last week forced NIU's campus to close and resulted in the cancellation of numerous campus and city events. DeKalb's Cornfest, NIU's Friday Fest, academic convocation and all District 428 classes scheduled for Friday were canceled as...

DeKALB | NIU staff meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste predicts upcoming rain showers and a slight increase in flooding on campus this afternoon. After heavy rainfall and severe flooding, many of DeKalb's roads and bridges have been closed. After several NIU...

DeKALB | The smell that fills the air consists of antiseptic and something slightly musty, but is not nearly as bad as one would expect with a dozen or so cadavers in the room. The low ceiling and hanging fluorescent lights give the impression that Room...

DeKALB | Today marks third deadline for Illinois legislators to come up with a state budget, but NIU officials aren't pushing the panic button just yet. State lawmakers were supposed to come up with a budget by May 31, but have been deadlocked for months...

DeKALB | Four male teenagers are facing charges stemming from an alleged hazing incident at Grant Towers Residence Hall. Shortly before dinner on the night of July 8, two 14-year-old boys were attacked outside a laundry room during a summer wrestling...

DeKALB | The store was alive with noise and commotion as it prepared for the release of the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Both the DeKalb Borders and the DeKalb Barnes and Noble planned special activities...

In the Catholic church, it takes a cardinal to become a pope, but thanks to one NIU professor one must no longer be Catholic to become a cardinal. In fact, all it takes to contend for the papacy these days is a $40 board game created by Dr. Stephen Haliczer,...

DeKALB | NIU Board of Trustees members cited decreased state contribution as the main reason tuition rates will be increased by 10.8 percent for the 2008 fiscal year. Incoming students will now pay $205 per credit hour, regardless of hours enrolled. The...

DeKALB | NIU Board of Trustees members cited decreased state contribution as the main reason tuition rates will be increased by 10.8 percent for the 2008 fiscal year. Incoming students will now pay $205 per credit hour, regardless of hours enrolled. The...