DeKalb County offers various resources to anyone with the desire to get out into the community. Mentoring, education assistance and childcare programs are readily available to everyone -- especially college students -- on both NIU's website as well as...
A fire at 1:10 a.m. Thursday caused $1,500 in damage at 627 Lucinda Ave., according to a DeKalb Fire Department press release. According to the release, the fire units that arrived found burning siding on the front of the structure between the front step...
UPDATE: 8 p.m. NIU officials announced Thursday that the DeKalb County Major Case Squad has assumed the lead of the investigation into the disappearance of missing student Antinette “Toni” Keller, according an NIU Media Relations press release. The...
A small structure fire broke out in a Star Properties building around 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning. DeKalb Police on the scene said they weren't sure how the fire started, but that no one was injured. Residents of the apartment that caught fire, located...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from the DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 3 p.m. Tuesday, DeKalb Police were called to the 800...
Online rumors that a body may have been found near Malta are false, DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said Wednesday night. The investigation into the disappearance of NIU freshman Antinette Keller has not stopped, and Scott said DeKalb Police, DeKalb...
UPDATE: DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott has confirmed that a dive team from St. Charles is assisting the DeKalb Fire Department in the search for missing student Antinette Keller. Scott said there was nothing specific that prompted the use of the dive...
Some local businesses are offering convenient ways to get a flu shot. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends annual flu vaccination for all persons six months of age and older. In the past, the CDC only recommended annual vaccination for adults...
DeKalb Police are now involved with the search for missing NIU student Antinette “Toni” Keller.Originally NIU Police worked the investigation without active involvement from the DeKalb Police Department.This has recently changed, and DeKalb Police...
Pumpkin farms in the DeKalb area are offering a variety of fall activities. Many of the places people can pick pumpkins will be familiar to those who are familiar with apple orchards because the same orchards sometimes grow both crops. Pumpkin pickers...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from the DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 11:03 p.m. Sunday, DeKalb Police conducted a traffic...
DeKalb Police are trying to determine whether gunshots were fired or fireworks were going off Saturday night in the 1200 block of Blackhawk Drive near the former location of Tequila Roadhouse. While investigating a fight at 11:58 p.m., a DeKalb Police...
