Des Plaines Crime
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Dad recounts son's heroic actions when NIU gunman struckFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Days after his death, Dan Parmenter is still making his father proud. The 20-year-old sophomore from Westchester was one of five people shot and killed at Northern Illin...
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Sadness reigns at funeral for NIU rampage victimFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Hundreds of mourners sobbed silently Monday in Cicero, grieving a young life lost to senseless violence and the unfulfilled dream of Catalina Garcia. Garcia, 20, a 2006 ...
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Experts say NIU's image easily repairedFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The reputation of Virginia Tech University might always be linked to the shooting rampage that killed 33 people there. In contrast, Northern Illinois University likely w...
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Police beatFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Durbin pushes for safer campusesFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin stressed the need for emergency plans on college campuses Sunday during a press conference at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Legislation...
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A call for more gun control lawsFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - After 60 minutes in agonizing limbo as she waited to hear if her son, a Northern Illinois University student, survived Thursday's massacre, Connie Catellani doesn't want...
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Shooting survivor recounts attackFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Harold Ng didn't think too much of the man who suddenly appeared onstage with the geology instructor. Until he saw the shotgun. "He fired once," said Ng, an NIU junior. ...
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Police beatFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Police beatFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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NIU had plans in place for disasterFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - As they hunkered down behind locked doors, one common thread emerged from Northern Illinois University faculty and staff in the midst of the shooting crisis Thursday. Pl...