DEKALB (WREX) — A local university is recognizing a former leader through dedicating a prominent campus building in his honor. Northern Illinois University announced Wednesday that leaders will ...

Northern Illinois University acquired the colony complex in 1951, creating a field campus named after the colony’s founder, sculptor Lorado Taft.

On the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, a gunman opened fire at Cole Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb – killing five people.