A pursuit across Ogle County fields and through a waterway ended in a rollover crash Friday afternoon that killed one person and sent two others to a regional trauma center.

A Rock Falls company has filed a lawsuit alleging one of its owners systematically looted the business of more than $4 million through personal credit card charges, unauthorized cash withdrawals, and transfers to his own companies — all while concealing the scheme from co-owners.

A man suffered serious injuries due to a train-versus-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning, according to an Oregon Police Department news release.

The Illinois State Board of Elections released final vote totals Friday in the March 17 primary. Here are the results for Whiteside, Lee, Carroll and Ogle county races.

An Illinois appellate court has ordered a new hearing in a 2011 Sterling shooting case, ruling that a man convicted of attempted murder has possibly presented credible evidence of self-defense that was unavailable at trial.

A residential garage fire on Sterling’s First Avenue was brought under control Monday after firefighters from multiple departments responded to the blaze and prevented it from spreading to neighboring structures.

Severe storms and tornadoes, including an EF2 tornado that caused extensive damage in Stephenson County, ripped through Northern Illinois on Friday and left a trail of destruction across rural communities.

Emergency crews from throughout northwestern Illinois were in Lena Friday night in the wake of a severe storm that rolled through the village around 3:40 p.m. Friday.

The NWS said locations that could experience flooding include Dixon, Rochelle, Byron, Oregon, Mount Morris, Amboy, Polo, Davis Junction, Forreston, Hillcrest, Stillman Valley, Franklin Grove, Ashton, Paw Paw, Lost Nation, Sublette, and Woodhaven Lakes.