The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Friday At 3:21 a.m.,...
Imagine that you are sitting at a family dinner and you discover your great-great grandfather was a serial killer. That was the case for Jeff Mudgett, the great-great grandson of Herman Webster Mudgett – also known as H.H. Holmes – and author of Bloodstains:...
Student organizations will now be able to restrict membership, though they will lose Student Association funding if they choose to do so. The SA Senate passed a bill Sunday allowing student organizations to maintain their status as an SA-recognized organization...
Mega Millions, mega hopes, mega letdowns and even mega indifference: The recent record-breaking jackpot of the Mega Millions lottery caused a national uproar last week as the prize money exceeded $600 million. Tenita Williams, full-time Road Ranger employee,...
Astronaut Story Musgrave shares his life experience with those who came to see him speak at the Capitol Room in the Holmes Student Center Saturday evening. The former astronaut served in the Korean War as a mechanic and has flown on six space shuttle...
Percussionists are often in the background, felt more than heard. The Percussion Ensemble changes that. By placing only percussion instruments on the stage, the ensemble pushes the boundaries of the audiences’ preconceived notions of what these instruments...
With 845 million monthly users as of December 2011, Facebook is a social media trend that has touched more lives than just about any other website. So many people interacting in one virtual place has researchers looking for correlations between Facebook...
This building holds the majority of English classes at NIU, sprinkled with the occasional communications and other Liberal Arts and Sciences classes. Dedicated to William Claude Reavis, Reavis Hall was built in 1957. William Harms, associate news director...
Over 75 people gathered at the MLK commons Friday afternoon to remember the life of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed in a gated Florida community last month. Hoodie-filled vigils for Martin like this one have occurred around the...
Officers responded to the 1000 block of Ridge Drive for a report of a suspicious vehicle on Friday and recovered a rope noose, a large amount of counterfeit currency and a small amount of cannabis. According to a DeKalb Police Department Press Release,...
DeKalb police arrested a 15-year-old juvenile in connection with several criminal damage incidents that occurred Friday night. Thirteen incidents were reported on the south side of town on Saturday morning. The suspects used spray paint to damage cars,...
DeKalb police received a report of drug activity at a residence in the 600 block of North Eleventh Street and a search warrant was issued on Thursday. About one half ounce of cocaine was seized from the residence. According to a DeKalb Police Department...
