DeKalb's Taylor Municipal Airport serves a diverse population, including students, beginning pilots and business executives. Taylor Municipal Airport, 2100 E. Pleasant St., offers charter flights geared toward businesses as well as instruction and equipment...

NIU Amnesty International is currently accepting tapes from local bands for "Jamnesty," a concert Amnesty will sponsor on April 23 at Hopkins Park. AI-NIU President Donna Lundstrom said the event will include five local bands and a few brief speakers....

Attorneys will make sure they have the same information about Lisa M. Garretson's death in 1988 at a discovery motion today. William Brady, counsel for Brent M. Hooghkirk, 18, and counsel from the State's Attorney's Office will share information about...

A losing company in the bid to replace NIU and Illinois State University's stadium turf will take legal action if the Board of Regents refuses to rebid the project. Safe Play, which submitted the lowest of four bids, charges that the board's selection...

A recent annual survey revealed how entering freshmen applying to college feel about topics ranging from drug testing to intended majors. The American Council on Education and the University of California at Los Angeles conducted the survey of more than...

Faced with a decrease in chargeable credit hours, NIU's Business and Operations Division requested a 9.2 percent student bond fee increase, from $219.12 to $239.28 per year for full-time students. Pat Hewitt, NIU associate vice president for business...

NIU's Student Association president claims the impeachment process could have been avoided. SA President Huda Scheidelman told three students at Monday's press conference if the petitioners, senators James Mertes and Galvin Kennedy, asked questions about...

A Chicago man who stole a local pizza delivery van early Sunday morning drove to Joliet before the truck ran out of gas. Norman G. Toppel, 18, allegedly stole a Pizza Villa van while its driver entered the 824 W. Lincoln Hwy. store to get more deliveries,...

Four Huskie Bus accidents in the past three weeks are nothing to worry about. David Pack, Student Association Mass Transit adviser, called the accidents "unfortunate," but said incidents are not uncommon during winter weather. "The weather hasn't helped...

The Student Association senate discussed the removal of SA President Huda Scheidelman for more than two hours Sunday but never voted on the issue. Sen. James Mertes motioned for Scheidelman's removal at Sunday's meeting. After the senate discussed the...

Mark Ernst lost more than his house Friday morning. The NIU junior visual arts major also lost part of his art portfolio, which he compiled since high school, from water damage. "I'm luckier than some others," Ernst said. He also lost art works intended...

The debate about student representation on the Joint University Advisory Committee is still cause for conflict between NIU students and faculty. NIU Student Regent Bob Tisch said he alone cannot represent student interests to the Board of Regents and...