In an effort to beautify the downtown DeKalb area, the city has allocated up to $50,000 to be used in their storefront improvement program. The city is taking applications until Sept. 1 from commercial property owners who wish to improve the exterior...

My girlfriend told me that many of my columns are nostalgic. Sure they are. I write about some of my kiddy memories because it seems most of the things that meant something back then mean nothing now. I also write about many of my memories because I don't...

Plans to build a permanent NIU branch campus in Rockford suffered a setback when Gov. James Thompson vetoed $500,000 Thursday for locating a site and construction costs. The Illinois General Assembly approved to amend the Board of Regents' fiscal year...

A national higher education faculty shortage projected for the mid-1990s already has hit NIU, according to assistant provost Frank Nowik. A recent survey by the American Council on Education said half the universities involved in the study are having...

Insufficient ventilation might have been a factor in an accident that resulted in the death of one man and injured five others at A.O. Smith Harvestore Products Inc. An Earlville man died at the agricultural industry plant, located at 345 Harvestore Drive,...

The DeKalb County Exposition Authority Board voted last Wednesday to apply for certification to receive $12 million in state funds for construction of a DeKalb County civic center. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow, who is also board secretary, said at the board...

Calling a DeKalb civic center a "positive opportunity" for the Board of Regents and NIU, the board unanimously approved $4 million in Regency funds Thursday for the center's construction and operating costs. The board, which governs NIU, Sangamon State...

NIU officials are voicing different opinions of proposed changes in Board of Regents policies that Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves introduced to clarify what he described as "convoluted and ambiguous language." According to the three-page proposal,...

About 6,400 students enrolled in English composition classes this fall will have the opportunity to use one of 29 new MacIntosh computers. Freshman English Director Robert Self said the computers were a gift from Apple Computer Inc. and are valued at...

A group of DeKalb County residents who favor womens' rights to abortion have formed the DeKalb County Coalition for Choice in response to a Supreme Court ruling on Webster v. Reproductive Health Services which gave states the power to restrict state-funded...

These past few months have made political history. Our values have been questioned. Our rights have been questioned. But who would think that in a society where you get equal pay for equal for equal work, no matter what color, sex or god you pray to that...

Happy hour at your local watering hole could become just another hour if a bill passed by the General Assembly is signed by Gov. James Thompson. Specifically, the proposed amendment to the present Liquor Control Act would prohibit taverns from offering...