Sublette Fire Protection District voters on a 143-90 vote Tuesday approved a ballot measure to bring in more tax revenue to cover ambulance service costs.

About a year after Cledy’s House of Hope opened in Rock Falls, the money is running out and, without donations, could be forced to close its doors, according to its COO.

With a surplus of $529,665, Sterling’s 2026-27 general fund budget is in the black. What to do with that surplus was a topic of discussion during Monday’s Sterling City Council meeting.

Drew is running for Illinois comptroller. He is a small business owner in downstate Illinois and an attorney.

Four people were injured – including a 16-year-old driver who was flown to a Rockford hospital – as the result of a two-vehicle collision late Wednesday morning in Lee County.

A 38-year-old Dixon man was sentenced Wednesday to 120 days in the Whiteside County Jail and four years of probation in exchange for his guilty plea to a 2023 charge of possessing an image of child sexual abuse.

The Illinois State Police experienced three Move Over Law-related crashes Monday while responding to emergency incidents across Illinois. A squad car in Whiteside County was also struck by a passing motorist in a weather-related crash.

The Vince Carney Community Theater in Rochelle will present “Gilligan’s Island: The Musical” on March 20-22 and 27-28, 2026.

The Amboy City Council directed one of its police officers Monday to find information about Flock cameras and any possible grants for them.