The average gasoline price in DeKalb County at 2:30 p.m. Monday was $2.597 per gallon, according to gasbuddy.com.The state average at 2:30 p.m. Monday was $2.626, which is an increase of 11.7 cents from last months average of $2.509 per gallon.{{tncms-inline...

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...

Stop the Mega-Dump met Monday night to update citizens on the appeal filed against the expansion of the DeKalb County dump. Group Chairman Dan Kenney, said he received an email from the group’s attorney on Friday telling him that the Illinois Attorney...

The Northern Star Editorial Board has chosen to endorse Democrat Sarah Gallagher Chami for DeKalb County State's Attorney. Chami's history as a prosecutor in the area, combined with her experience as Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County, qualifies...

NIU's Alumni Association announced Tuesday that it had elected new members to its board of directors and executive committee. In all, five new board members were elected, and two new executive committee members were elected. New board members include:...

The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 2 general elections is Oct. 5. Oct. 6 marks the first day of grace period voting and registration and runs until Oct. 26. According to the Cook County Clerk website,  “grace period registrants will either...