Payton Felix

The council began holding meetings in February to draft its budget and heard funding pitches from various department heads and community organizations. They voted March 16 to place it on file and it’s available online at the city of Dixon website.

Three Dixon police officers were honored Monday for the March 17 rescue of a person who was found unconscious in a closed garage with a vehicle running.

A former Sterling High School basketball player’s goal of going pro is starting to seem like a real possibility as she gets ready to participate in a nine-day international camp.

An Amboy woman was taken into custody Thursday night in Dixon on an outstanding warrant for seven felony drug charges and subsequently charged with four additional felony drug offenses.

The YWCA of the Sauk Valley named six area women as 2026 Women of Achievement award recipients Thursday afternoon at the Dixon Elks Lodge.

Shanna M. Hillers of Sterling is charged in Lee County with aggravated battery in a public place, a Class 3 felony; official misconduct of a public employee, a Class 3 felony; and abuse/criminal neglect of a resident of a long-term care facility, a Class 4 felony.

A Rochelle man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a warrant issued Feb. 17 for nine charges filed that day alleging he sexually assaulted, abused and exploited children.

A 22-year-old Chicago woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges tied to the October 2025 crash on Interstate 88 that resulted in the death of a 27-year-old Rochelle woman.

A Compton man has pleaded not guilty to charges that include attempted first-degree murder filed against him in the wake of an altercation April 12.

Dixon police are actively searching the Rock River for an individual who jumped from the Peoria Avenue bridge late Monday night

Over 50 people gathered on the Old Lee County Courthouse lawn in Dixon on Friday as they held up blue pinwheels, the national symbol for child abuse prevention, at the fourth annual Hands Around the Courthouse.

A Lee County judge Thursday granted pretrial, conditional release to a Rock Falls woman facing nine sex-related charges that accuse her of sexually assaulting, abusing and exploiting minors.

A Lee County judge Thursday denied the release of a Dixon man charged with the sexual exploitation and assault of a child, despite his attorney’s arguments that prosecutors did not meet their burden of proof.

The Dixon: Historic Theatre board made its pitch Monday to the Dixon City Council as it seeks $200,000 in city funding to pay for theater events.

A Lee County judge set an April 15 hearing for Plano man facing several drug and domestic battery charges in Lee and Dupage counties.