DeKALB | One of the men charged in the April 5 shooting of NIU linebacker Devon Butler appeared in court Wednesday for a status hearing. Former NIU student Mark Orozco is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge...
Recently, there have been a number of concerns regarding the safety of the DeKalb First Ward, notably the Greek Row area between Hillcrest Drive and Greenbrier Road. Three recent incidents have involved suspects with ties to the NIU Greek community. Former...
DeKALB | A familiar face walked into the Yordon Center on Friday afternoon. Devon Butler spoke publicly for the first time, less than three weeks after the April 5 shooting that left him fighting for his life. The first words that came out of Butler's...
DeKALB | Dave Doeren wanted his first spring game as NIU's head football coach to be a celebration. With hundreds of fans in attendance on a beautiful day, that's exactly what the intra-squad scrimmage was. Fans and players alike welcomed Devon Butler...
Devon Butler, a linebacker on the NIU football team, spoke to the public on Friday for the first time since being shot off campus on April 5. Butler had been recovering at Kishwaukee Hospital, then at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford before...
DeKALB | The scene of the April 5 shooting on Aspen Court was found burglarized Tuesday morning. DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen said the tenant of the apartment where Devon Butler had been shot called the DeKalb Police Department at 9:02 a.m. Tuesday...
NIU linebacker Devon Butler will issue a statement at 3:30 p.m. today in the Yordon Center. It will be his first public appearance since he was wounded in a shooting on April 5. According to a Thursday night release from NIU Athletic Media Relations,...
Humanitarian Bowl expense report shows profit for NIU According to an expense report released by NIU media relations, the NIU football team made $50,097 of profit from its trip to Boise, Idaho for the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. Total revenue from the trip...
DeKALB | A request to reduce the bond for Mark Orozco, one of the NIU students charged in the April 5 shooting of NIU linebacker Devon Butler, was denied at a hearing Thursday morning. DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen said an attorney for Orozco requested...
NIU linebacker Devon Butler is in fair condition as of Wednesday afternoon at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Butler is recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered on April 5 while visiting a friend at 1009 Apsen Drive. Butler wrote on his...
Devon Butler’s condition has been upgraded from serious to stable, according to personnel at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. A spokesperson said, as of early Monday evening, Butler was responsive, but would not give any other details. Butler...
Rallying around each other has become second nature for the NIU football team. The Huskies have had to persevere through heaps of difficulty over the past five months, from letting the MAC Championship fall through their fingers to Miami (OH), to former...
