Reavis 205 used to be a classroom with a computer lab. Now it stands empty with nothing but a whiteboard, but not for long. Associate communications professor Laura Vazquez said the now empty classroom will be turned into a new smart classroom. Smart...
The attorney for one of the men charged in connection with the Sept. 28 shooting on Lucinda Avenue asked for more time to discuss a plea bargain at a status hearing Wednesday. Eric Sims, 20, of Evergreen Park is charged with aggravated battery with a...
According to the DeKalb County Coroner’s Office press release, 56-year-old Evaristo Alvarado from Sandwich was identified as the man crushed in a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon. Alvarado was crushed at the back of the storage lot of Menards, 1825...
NIU’s College of Law will host the 19th annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday at the Francis X. Riley Courtroom in Swen Parson Hall. Lawrence J. Fox, partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Crawford Lecturer at Yale...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Monday At 4:40 p.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol...
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. Monday At 8:10 a.m.,...
Downtown DeKalb is home to several businesses that carry an old-time feel. The DeKalb Confectionary, 149 N. Second Street, brings residents and students on what Co-owner Todd Hendrey calls a trip back to childhood. “We try to be an old-fashioned candy...
The Sycamore Police Department responded to a fatal forklift accident at Menards, 1825 Mercantile Drive in Sycamore, Tuesday afternoon. The police department was called at 2:35 p.m. A Menards employee was crushed to death by a forklift, said Sycamore...
It is 1861. In Illinois men are legally able to have their wives institutionalized with no proof of insanity. Women have no right to property or children in the case of a divorce. Insanity can mean anything from being too chatty to voicing unpopular opinions....
The Student Association executive elections began with a rough start, as all seven candidates received sanctions Tuesday. Candidates Delonte LeFlore, Gina Gregolunas, Joshua Venaas and Elliot Echols were sanctioned by Elections Commissioner Jasmine Harvell...
How someone views and presents themselves when they are in an online situation can be different than how they view themselves when face-to-face with someone. Research Rookie Zach Woods, sophomore psychology major, said peoples’ perceptions of themselves...
The DeKalb Park District’s Summer Catalog will arrive in local mailboxes next week just in time for the earlier than usual spring warm-up. “Believe it or not we’ve had people calling and asking if the pool’s open with all this warm weather,”...
