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. At 8:27 p.m. on Saturday, DeKalb Police located Matthew A....

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. Dec. 5, 2010 At 6:31...

Gary Watson built on his Northern Star background and, over the course of several decades, ascended to some of American journalism's highest levels. The Rockford native graduated from NIU in 1967 with a degree in journalism and a political science minor....

Jerry Thompson's name isn't exactly popular in all quarters of NIU. After all, an adviser who taught young reporters to pursue the truth relentlessly made administrators pretty uncomfortable at times. To anyone who worked at the Northern Star during Jerry's...