With donations from the community, Sterling police treated 15 children to a Christmas shopping experience Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at Walmart as part of their Shop with a Cop program.

Dixon, Lee County and Polo officers treat kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dixon.

Here is a list of property transfers for Whiteside, Lee and Ogle counties filed Nov. 24-Dec. 1

A Rock Falls man accused of injuring five others in a four-vehicle drunken crash Tuesday evening while running from Dixon police was ordered Thursday to be held in Lee County jail as his case proceeds.

With the season in the record books, it's time to meet the 2023 Sauk Valley Media All-Area Football Team.

A downtown Morrison storefront, empty for many years, is getting new life as a bakery.

Polo's Brock Soltow set I8FA career records in total offensive yards and rushing touchdowns this season while helping the Marcos to their third straight state semifinals appearance. The senior is the 2023 Sauk Valley Media Football Player of the Year.

Fourth-year head coach Scott Payne led the Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio Clippers to the I8FA state championship this season. He has been named the Sauk Valley Media Football Coach of the Year.

Rock Falls rolled past Mendota, Sterling lost to Quincy and Morrison fell in a double-overtime thriller in boys basketball Friday. Plus more in our high school sports roundup.