Freddy Sparks-Ward, 25, has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon in relation to the July 22 stabbing of Devon Butler, a former NIU football player. Other charges against Sparks-Ward were dropped as part of a plea deal, according...

DeKALB | Football player Devon Butler, 20, received a knife wound in his upper chest after being involved in an altercation Sunday morning in the 800 block of Regent Drive, according to a press release from the DeKalb Police Department. At 3 a.m., Butler...