DeKALB- Jonathan Hurst was found guilty of murder and home invasion almost nine years after Patricia and Robert Wilson were found beaten to death in their Sycamore residence in 2016. The jury entered the courtroom at 4:15 p.m. Thursday with the verdicts....

DeKALB - Students were asked to relocate from Stevenson Towers Residence Hall to the Holmes Student Center Hotel for the weekend to speed up the drying process in the affected areas of the building because of flooding that happened last week. On the...

DeKALB – The first University Council meeting of the year discussed NIU’s budget deficit along with various capital projects on Wednesday. BUDGET DEFICIT NIU Executive Vice President and Provost Laurie Elish-Piper began with an updated timeline...

DeKALB – In August of 2016, Sycamore residents Patricia and Robert Wilson were found murdered in their home. Trial of suspect Jonathan Hurst continued Wednesday at the DeKalb County Courthouse as DNA evidence was presented to the jury. Wednesday...

DeKALB – Jonathan Hurst’s murder trial continued this week with questions regarding evidence collection and technical difficulties. Patricia and Robert Wilson were found beaten to death in their homes on Aug. 14, 2016. Hurst is accused of committing...

DeKALB – For campuses like NIU, right leaning student groups can be hard to find. A new group on NIU’s campus hopes to change that. Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is a libertarian group with the mission of “building the youth army for liberty”...

DeKALB - Two police officers were injured Tuesday after a police chase ended with a stolen vehicle crashing into an unmarked DeKalb Police car. According to a press release from the DeKalb Police Department, a license plate reader alerted dispatch...

DeKALB - The DeKalb City Council met on Monday and residents discussed a proposed plan to allowing police patrolling services on public transit. POLICE OFFICERS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT LINES DeKalb residents voiced their concerns over the proactive patrolling...

During his inauguration speech last week, President Donald Trump made a multitude of promises that would be accomplished over the next four years and vowed to usher in a “golden age of America.” Several of these promises include declaring national...

DeKALB - The Student Government Association elected five new senators and changed requirements to increase student representation at its meeting on Friday.  SGA ELECTS FIVE NEW SENATORS The Student Government Association came to a resolution to...

DeKALB – A Democrat who ran for DeKalb County state’s attorney in the past election was hired to be NIU’s new Students’ Legal Assistance attorney. Charles “Chuck” Rose, an NIU Law alum, former Sycamore lawyer and police officer was hired...

DeKALB - Students at NIU’s involvement fair connected with each other to meet new student organizations and find out how to join. NIU’s Spring Involvement Fair took place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student...