A man allegedly struck three police officers during an altercation Saturday, according to DeKalb police reports. Scott Williams, 38, of 906 Kimberly Drive, No. 9, was arrested and charged with four counts of battery, resisting arrest and trespass to a...

Thursday was a fine day for a beheading. In one of the six remaining Egyptian-style theaters in the United States, Candlewood International and Mainstage Artist Management presented "The Scarlet Pimpernal" at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. "The...

Students shared their experiences of living with a gay roommate and being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered at NIU during a panel discussion Thursday night. As part of LGBT Awareness Month, the Residence Hall Association’s sub-committee and Believing...

NIU, along with the Central Management Services of Illinois, will hold a job forum for those interested in Illinois government jobs. "We’re looking for upwards of 300 people at the event," said Gail Simpson, program director for Minority Outreach. Minority...

NIU will host a one-day leadership conference called APATITE, which stands for Asian Pacific Americans Transforming Illinois Through Education. This is the first year since the conference’s inception three years ago that it will be held at NIU. This...

At this time last year, NIU’s volleyball team was working on an undefeated October. This season, October hasn’t been as pleasant. The Huskies have lost three of their last four games -- all at home. This weekend, however, NIU brings its game to the...

Ricardo Cortez Cruz delivered a powerful presentation Thursday at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. As 7 p.m. approached, the auditorium began to fill with students representing every nationality with notebooks in hand. The students...

It would be safe to say this year’s NIU football team has ventured into unfamiliar territory. The Huskies (5-3, 4-0) have won four straight games for the first time under coach Joe Novak and won’t need any help to claim a MAC West Division title....

It is 150,000 years ago; do you know where your ancestors are? This was the dramatic question posed Thursday night by John Relethford, a professor of anthropology from the State University of New York College at Oneonta. Relethford attempted to answer...

On Nov. 5, citizens of DeKalb and surrounding communities will vote on a 10-year, $39.8 million referendum plan that will ease local schools of overcrowding. The $55 million referendum voted on last March was rejected, however, the defeat of the previous...

NIU’s Black Choir will perform in front of students and residents at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Life Temple Church in Rockford. Choir President Taija Cockrell said this is the third year the choir will perform at the church’s request. "This is a time for...