Northern Illinois University named a new director Friday to oversee the school’s troubled Police Department. The move comes after the DeKalb County state’s attorney and a judge accused the ...

According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation into the activities of Michael Erickson, 20, began in April after police in Batavia were given a tip by the National Center for ...

DEKALB, Ill. (WLS) -- A bomb threat canceled classes and forced the evacuation of all buildings at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and three branch campuses Thursday night.

According to Feithen, investigators from the DeKalb County Major Case Squad recovered human remains and items consistent with property belonging to Keller in Prairie Park, south of Route 38 in DeKalb.

DeKalb County and Batavia officials said the images were found in his dorm room. ... DEKALB, Ill. (WLS) -- A 20-year-old NIU student was arrested and charged with multiple counts of child pornography.

Toward the end of November, Clay Campbell, the state's attorney in DeKalb County at the time, cited alleged mishandling of information by NIU police for dropping the charges against Rifkin.

As DeKalb County entered a warning level stemming from the novel coronavirus, NIU President Lisa Freeman on Friday announced undergraduate courses would be moved online until at least Sept. 25.

The body of 25-year-old Hasan Gill was discovered Tuesday morning in the 800 block of North 1st Street in DeKalb, according to the DeKalb County coroner’s office.

DEKALB, Ill. (CBS)-- The state's attorney of DeKalb County is asking Illinois State Police to investigate the Northern Illinois University Police Department. A judge has ruled that NIU police ...

DeKalb County will open a vaccination site in the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center next week with help from the Illinois National Guard, state officials announced Friday.