Toula Kourvetaris remembers her husband as a passionate sociology professor who was proud of his Greek roots.George Kourvetaris, who clocked 38 years at NIU, died Tuesday at 81. He immigrated from Greece in 1959 to further his career in education, starting...
University of Missouri students have designed an app to improve campus safety by eliminating the process of calling for emergencies.Individuals who feel they are in danger can open the app, Safe Trek, and press the shield icon. When they let go of the...
Police have arrested two people in relation to a shooting that occurred last month. Tristen Dortch, 24, of Elgin, faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery, and Maurice Garner, 18, of Elgin, faces charges of obstructing justice. The...
The Couple and Family Therapy Clinic at NIU will hold its fourth annual Fall Back in Love event to help enhance relationships through activities next month. Attendants can participate in activities at different booths. Each booth will focus on a different...
Safe Passage will follow through with the creation of a sexual assault response team despite being denied a $103,000 grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.The purpose of the grant was to help communities form multidisciplinary...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.Oct. 12• Levon Ozier, 21, of DeKalb, was charged with two...
A proposal from the 2014 Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) Task Force could make upper-division writing courses a graduation requirement for all students.PLUS was implemented this fall to decrease the amount of courses and narrow the...
Tim Struthers, Board of Trustees trustee, said his skills as a financial professional and life-long banker and his care for NIU set him apart from others.The Board of Trustees is the seven-member governing body of the university. Struthers fills a vacancy...
A student faces charges of battery after a road-rage incident Monday.Andre Phillips, 24, of DeKalb, was driving closely alongside another car at 10 a.m. on Sycamore Road where the two lanes merge into one and wound up behind the other car, said Cmdr....
Police are looking for a man who they say forced a child to touch him on her way to school Monday.The victim fled the scene after a man stopped her on her bike around 7:30 a.m. on S. Second Street, according to a DeKalb Police Department news release....
