The victim was shot once, and a 29-year-old man is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, according to police.

Police have a suspect in custody and don't think there's a danger to the public.

A 24-year-old Sterling man with a history of felony convictions is wanted in connection with a home invasion on Sept. 27 in which a man was seriously injured, police said.

Two popular downtown Sterling restaurants are closed because of smoke damage sustained when a fire broke out in the basement of one.

A State Police trooper “inadvertently” shot a Whiteside County deputy in the left foot Monday during an attempt to locate two suspects, Sheriff John Booker said in a news release this morning.

An unidentified Whiteside County sheriff’s deputy was shot and injured this morning in the area of Hillside and Fulfs roads near Union Grove while trying to find two suspects who fled on foot following a vehicle pursuit, Sheriff John Booker says.

A 71-year-old man died and a woman is in critical condition following a house fire early this morning in the 1400 block of Johnson Avenue, near Sterling High School.