Kathleen A. Schultz

A 25-year-old Ogle County man facing a federal sentence for possession of guns and drug trafficking is dead following a crash Monday morning on Interstate 39 in Winnebago County.

A three-day trial is scheduled in May in Ogle County Court for a Polo man charged with three counts of first-degree murdrer in the death of an Oregon man shot more than two years ago.

Dixon police Tuesday were investigating a call from a parent who was told that a Madison Elementary student threatened another student on a bus Monday, saying “hurt someone or I’m going to hurt you.”

OSF Life Flight wants to cut the time it takes to fly Sauk Valley trauma victims to safety by basing an air ambulance crew 24-7 at Whiteside County Airport.

A Prophetstown woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in Whiteside County Court to sexual misconduct with a person with a disability.

A convicted Amboy sex offender accused of raping the same teenage girl in two counties was sentenced in Lee County to six years for aggravated criminal sexual abuse

An Erie man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl.

As part of its riverfront development project, the City Council Monday hired a consulting firm to study the feasibility of creating a railroad “quiet zone.”

Three arson charges were added Tuesday to those already faced by a Sterling man accused of stabbing two people multiple times on Dec. 10.

In Lee, Whiteside and Ogle and Carroll counties, at least 11 court cases involving the deaths of 15 people, one a full-term unborn baby, are working their way through the courts.

Several cases involving murder and attempted murder, as well as a DUI-related death, came to a resolution last year in Lee and Whiteside counties.

A Sterling man pleaded not guilty to home invasion and two counts of aggravated battery in a Dec. 10 break-in in which police said two people were stabbed multiple times.

“Ukrainians will get far more benefit from this engine than anyone else ever will," says Sterling city manager.

The Nov. 8 election results have been certified, and the Whiteside County Board on Monday held an organizational meeting to determine who on the 27-member panel will serve two-year terms, and who will serve four.

A former Rock Falls man arrested Monday after a standoff with police was wanted on charges filed in July accusing him of being a felon in possession of a firearm, reckless discharge of firearm and assault.