Police are in search of the perpetrators of a home invasion that occurred early Thursday morning on Buena Vista Drive. According to DeKalb police reports, three subjects with handguns invaded the home around 1 a.m. while the victims were asleep. The offenders...

If your mother hasn’t warned you about those fire-hazardous halogen lamps, then the city council may, and in turn, eventually prohibit them from residence halls and rooming houses. Five hundred fires and 36 fatalities nationwide from fires induced by...

While most cases handled by city or county law enforcement would result in an arrest, the University Police has another option available. When UP officers are called in to handle a situation involving students, officers determine what action is warranted....

The line between the community and NIU students is disappearing. On Wednesday at the Kishwaukee Kiwanis Club meeting, Kiwanis members presented a check for $200 to members of Delta Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Mortar Board, Circle K and Evan’s Scholars....

For a possible new look and site for tourist attractions, the city council workshop Monday night discussed future renovations and additions to downtown DeKalb that eventually may provide NIU students with a means for more entertainment. Heather Fosburgh,...

The area known as Greek Row on Greenbrier Road won’t be so dark and gloomy anymore after it receives a illumination facelift. "We had a survey done by an outside consultant on private property on Greenbrier up through Kimberly," said Sue Guio, the city...

The DeKalb Building and Development Association (DBDA) wants to change the local requirement to use cast iron pipes in sewer lines in residential homes. The DBDA brought the issue to the DeKalb Plumbing Board in order to allow building contractors the...

The DeKalb City Council authorized Mayor Greg Sparrow to sign an agreement with Lovett’s Rite-Way Rebuilders Inc. as the city’s lone relocation service. The period of service started Feb. 1 and will continue until Jan. 31, 2005. "It is the desire...

It was a 4-3 vote in late November that sparked a controversy, and now it’s 377 tickets issued in over a month’s time that has caused the Garden Road parking debate to re-emerge back into city council talks after a short hiatus. The debate continued...

ob growth was down and unemployment rates were up in DeKalb County in 2002, leaving job growth and unemployment rates for 2003 uncertain. Industrial layoffs caused by a struggling economy are partly to blame said Roger Hopkins, executive director of the...

For more than 35 years, the Ben Gordon Center has been a respite for DeKalb residents looking to cure the ailments of the gloomy, wintertime blues. Originally established during the ’60s, the Ben Gordon Center, 12 Health Services Drive, was created...

There may soon be a day when that officer shining a flashlight in your face may be checking the alcohol content in the air you breathe out. This device, called a Passive Alcohol Sensor, looks like a normal flashlight. But along with illuminating objects,...