Professor Anthony H. Cordesman, a national security analyst for ABC News and an expert on terrorism and defense against terrorism, will speak at NIU Thursday and Friday. Cordesman, the author of more than 20 books, including "Cyberthreats: Information...

Carol Halsey has been a police dispatcher for the DeKalb Police Department for nearly 11 years, and DeKalb resident since 1984. Northern Star: Why don’t you tell everyone who may not be familiar with your job what exactly you do in an average day. Carol...

Anthrax has fallen out of the news during the past two weeks, but the United States still is on high alert and people still are handling mail cautiously. Tonight, Dr. Philip Brachman, a former director of the Bureau of Epidemiology with the Centers for...

For the second time in less than 50 days, the DeKalb Fire Department responded to Sleepy Hollow Drive when a fire erupted in the attic of a house. The fire started around noon Thursday at 1532 Sleepy Hollow Drive, next door to the house at 1602 Sleepy...

A DeKalb man is in custody on a $65,000 bond after he allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a 30-inch sword. Kent Tewksbury, 43, of 132 S. Seventh St., was arrested Tuesday after his girlfriend told officers that Tewksbury had abused her. The dispute...

Sunday is considered a holiday for many sports fans, and to help make their day more enjoyable bars all over DeKalb are holding special events centering around the biggest football game of the year. Super Bowl XXXVI starts at 5 p.m., but the bars will...

Until recently, there haven’t been avenues for local bands to get their material heard by the public. That is, if you ask local metal band Dysception. The band, which is made up of NIU students, will perform a show with the band ASA at 8 p.m. Wednesday...

After a highly emotional debate, a motion failed in the DeKalb City Council to rezone the property on N. 1st St. between Stoney Creek Road and Andresen Court. The property owner, Stephen P. Irving, wanted to change the zoning from single family residential...

Have you ever delayed the completion of a project, saying that you’ll do it another day, only to find that years have gone by and the project still is incomplete? In Jan. 2001, Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune created an organization, the Someday Is...

The Greek Row neighborhood is starting to see some changes, including a better look and improved relationships between Greek and non-Greek community members. Previously, the two groups were distant from each other, yet still lived in the same community....

After 30 years, Community Coordinated Child Care, or 4-C, continues to provide nursing and social services to area child care facilities. In 1971, 4-C was developed to provide services to DeKalb County, as well as Ogle, Lee, Whiteside and Carroll counties....

The North Central Narcotics Task Force, with the assistance of the Sycamore Police Department, arrested Virgil D. Wade, 29, of Chicago, on Jan. 24, on a warrant for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The arrest came after an investigation...