College campuses around the country are abuzz about the controversial caffeinated alcoholic drink Four Loko. In a press release dated Nov. 17, the Food and Drug Administration warned four companies that produce caffeinated alcoholic drinks that caffeine...

DeKalb - So, if you have been on Facebook any time in the last day, maybe you heard the news; Kate Winslet was at Otto's Nightclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, on Friday. For some reason, as hard as it is to believe, it is true. Kate Winslet did indeed grace...

DeKALB | Friday night was a special night for 15-year-old Jadea Foster; it was her first time going to see "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." NIU student Jazmyn Foster took her little sister to see the risqué production that continues to draw audiences,...

A male student claims to have been robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night near Welsh Park. The student who spoke with the Northern Star requested anonymity. At about 11 p.m., after the student left his house near Russell Road and Greenbrier Road, the student...

Re:New DeKalb and downtown DeKalb businesses are partnering up for the next eight weeks to provide Holiday traditions for the community from Saturday until Dec. 18. The intersection of Lincoln Highway and Second Street will be blocked off Saturday and...

Company of Thieves almost sealed their fate in a casket marked "another literary band" when they quoted Oscar Wilde's The Duchess of Padua in their 2009 single. Fortunately, Wilde is not to Company of Thieves as Chuck Palahniuk is to Panic! At The Disco,...

Famous jazz musician Wycliffe Gordon will join the NIU Jazz Ensemble tonight at 8 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Gordon has performed on such television channels as BET and PBS, and appeared in the Ken Burn's documentary "Jazz," in addition to performing...

The DeKalb Loose Leaf Collection Program will end on Nov. 30, according to a press release from the city. Crews will collect leaves in DeKalb now through Nov. 30. Landscape drop off sites will also remain in place through Nov. 30. Yard waste collection...

An NIU alumni has been nominated by President Barack Obama to become the next director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for the Department of Justice. Andrew Traver graduated from NIU in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

Crime stoppers is seeking information about an alleged armed robbery that took place at 11:50 p.m. on Nov. 10. in the north lot of Suburban Apartments, 1305 Annie Glidden Road. According to the release, a pizza delivery driver was held up at gun point...

What is it about the mirror that scares us? Many of us walk through life ashamed of the very body we inhabit, and Disfigured does excellent work of addressing these self-image issues head-on. The Women's Resource Center held a screening Monday evening...

While the National Geographic has created a Green Guide for everyday living, DeKalb County goes a little further and provides an outlet of learning and physical practices for community members to get involved in with the Go Green Initiative. "Our mission...