Classes resumed at DeKalb High School after a natural gas leak outside of the building was sealed today.The DeKalb fire department and Nicor Gas Company responded to a call at 10:51 A.M. for a possible natural gas leak at the high school, police said....
Six people face drug charges after DeKalb police learned meth was being sold out of a hotel room, according to a police news release.DeKalb police received a tip that meth was being used and sold in a DeKalb hotel room. Officers stopped a vehicle leaving...
A controversial video showing a DeKalb resident being pulled over for a weekend traffic checkpoint doesn’t provide the evidence of unlawful seizure it claims to.DeKalb resident Ryan Taylor’s video shows his interaction at a safety traffic checkpoint...
Local fire and police departments have asked residents to clear their cars and hydrants to make the area safer.Residents can check the snow removal route map on the city’s website.If a vehicle constitutes a hazard to the city’s snow removal, the vehicle...
A food delivery driver and two others were arrested after officers discovered 200 grams of pot in the driver’s car.At 1:25 a.m. Saturday, DeKalb police received a call from a person who said a local delivery driver was in fear of being shot. The delivery...
Nov. 2• At 1:37 a.m., officers patrolling the Chick Evans Field House met with a person for criminal damage. Marcus A. Burchett, 20, of Chicago, was arrested for criminal damage to property.Sunday• At 1:53 a.m., an officer stopped a vehicle at the...
A Cook County judge may decide to allow 16 women to the Bogenberger family’s lawsuit on Friday. The family is attempting to add the women to the family’s lawsuit against Pi Kappa Alpha and other entities, according to Peter Caldarci, the Bogenberger...
The DeKalb Police Department and the NIU Department of Police & Public Safety have developed an officer exchange program. Over the last year, the two departments have been working on better ways to cooperate. DeKalb Police Chief Gene Lowery said the...
NIU advertises a reliable text alert system to keep students informed of urgent information. Unfortunately, this system is rarely used, and most incidents around campus are spread by notifications that students don’t see immediately (emails, NIU Today,...
You're driving down Lincoln Highway after a late-night study session, when all of a sudden you see flashing red and blue lights behind you. The police are pulling you over, what do you do? "The police are going to do what they're going to do," said Donald...
The DeKalb County Crime Stoppers division has made 971 arrests from its inception in May 1982 to Dec. 31, 2010, said Det. Jeremy Grubbs of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.The arrests were made based on information gained from tips received from DeKalb...
