The mood was tense as the item everyone was waiting for was about to come up at Monday’s DeKalb City Council meeting. Mayor Frank Van Buer opened the smoking ban consideration by expressing his strong support for the ban. "It’s time that we as a community...

At Tuesday’s District 428 School Board meeting officials discussed how to appropriate various donations, and later, an unexpected harangue from a parent caused the board to look into disciplinary matters. An initial donation of $2,500, which will eventually...

Job hunting is a job in itself, but college students and other job seekers now are equipped with effective weapons to help take down their desired prey. Although big job search services such as Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com and Hotjobs.com are helpful,...

An impassioned discussion of a proposed smoking ban ordinance dominated Monday night’s DeKalb City Council meeting. City staff were looking for council direction on specific details of the ordinance. The ban would prohibit smoking indoors in public...

She is amazing! How does she do that? I want to be like her! I couldn’t have done it without her! Women who inspire comments like these may be in line for an award. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women...

1-A victim called the DeKalb Police Department to report an aggressive trespasser at 4:11 a.m., Sunday at 230 Augusta Ave. The victim heard knocking on the front door, opened it and saw the person was not a resident of the house. He told the suspect,...

NIU students Chris Schubert and his girlfriend Linsey Wypych did not know they would be fighting for their lives one morning. The last thing they expected at 5 a.m. June 23, 2003, was to have a man break in to Schubert’s apartment with several different-sized...

There has been much discussion and concern lately about the domestic spying conducted by the National Security Agency with permission from President George W. Bush. Do NIU students and DeKalb residents care about the spying? "I don’t think that it’s...

Imagine for a moment you come home. Your apartment has been broken into and everything is gone. Or maybe even worse, the entire building has burned down. What do you do now? Many local renters believe their belongings are covered in case of such an event....

Seven inches of snow dumped onto DeKalb and the surrounding area Friday. Like any other city, DeKalb scrambled its plows to battle the winter weather onslaught. Each year, cities have to estimate how much to budget for keeping roads safe during hazardous...

The DeKalb Police Department arrested two 16-year-old female juveniles after a follow-up investigation into a fight that occurred Jan. 2, at 326 Manning Drive. During the fight, one person was stabbed. The initial investigation led to the arrest of Christina...

If drivers don’t stay under 25 miles per hour on non-posted streets, they will break the law if the Dekalb City Council approves an upcoming ordinance. "Illinois law states if there is no posting of speed limit, the limit is 30 mph. This proposed ordinance...