Northern Illinois University

Donald Grady, NIU Police Chief, Put On Paid Leave As Hero Cop's Conduct Investigated

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A tough-talking police chief hailed as a hero for leading his men into a Northern Illinois University classroom last year after a gunm...

NIU Shooting: One Year Since Deadly School Attack, Motive Still Unknown

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 03.16.2009 | Chicago


DEKALB, Ill. — If the police chief of Northern Illinois University had his way, the name of the man who gunned down five students in a lecture h...

The Same Old Story

Josh Horwitz | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


Josh Horwitz

If the cases of Seung-Hui Cho and Steven Kazmierczak have taught us anything, it's that red flags do appear consistently among shooters. What is needed is a screening process.

College Newspaper First On The Scene In Northern Illinois University Shooting

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


When news breaks on college campuses -- as it did when a gunman killed five students at Northern Illinois University last week -- reporters from the c...

Ill. Gunman's Rampage Baffles Friends

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


DEKALB, Ill. — If there is such a thing as a profile of a mass murderer, Steven Kazmierczak didn't fit it: outstanding student, engaging, polite...