City Manager Mark Biernacki has announced he will retire on June 14. "The timing is right for both myself personally and the city with a new mayor and a change in the new council, fresh new ideas will be able to be brought in," Biernacki said. "A new...
Andrew Rifkin, a former NIU police officer, has been re-indicted on criminal sexual assault charges. Rifkin was originally charged in October 2011. He was accused of sexually assaulting a female student with whom he had a relationship. The charges were...
Ryanne Mace would be 24 years old today and Julianna Gehant would be 37. Catalina Garcia, Gayle Dubowski and Daniel Parmenter would be 25. Their stories and their lives have been chronicled, cherished and shared over the past five years. This time has...
Three of the five Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members charged with hazing offenses in relation to the Nov. 2 death of David Bogenberger have had their court dates postponed until 9 a.m. April 10, Judge John McAdams decided. Steven A. Libert, Alexander M....
No one was hurt in a fire reported at 10:37 a.m. today at 921 Normal Road. Fire Chief Eric Hicks said the DeKalb Fire Department responded to the call with its full complement of service vehicles and had assistance from Sycamore, Cortland and Malta fire...
Update 10:58 a.m. Feb. 7: DeKalb Police Lt. Jason Leverton confirmed that the police responded to an incident at 10:45 p.m. Feb. 6. Leverton said there was a report of a domestic argument. He said a man retrieved a rifle during the argument. Leverton...
Freddy Sparks-Ward, 25, has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon in relation to the July 22 stabbing of Devon Butler, a former NIU football player. Other charges against Sparks-Ward were dropped as part of a plea deal, according...
The DeKalb City Council met in a special session Tuesday night to discuss a proposed 458-acre development project slated to add more than 1,300 housing units to the city. The project, which centers around the creation of the Irongate of DeKalb subdivision,...
The City Council voted on two new Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts and the new liquor code at Monday’s meeting. A TIF district is created to boost redevelopment and to cure blight in an area of need. In order to create funds for this redevelopment,...
Eastern Illinois University has been awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education for its efforts in support of student veterans, according to a Tuesday news release from the Illinois Department of Veteran’s Affairs (IDVA). EIU was selected...
On Monday, arrest warrants were issued for 22 Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members in relation to the Nov. 2 death of David Bogenberger, a pledge and NIU freshman. Bogenberger was found unresponsive Nov. 2 at the Pi Kappa Alpha house, 1020 W. Hillcrest Drive....
Update, 3:28 p.m.: Arrest warrants have been issued for 22 Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members in relation to the death of David Bogenberger. ----- The autopsy results for David Bogenberger, a 19-year-old freshman who was found unresponsive Nov. 2, indicated...
