One victim was identified as a 17-year-old of Sterling. He remains in critical condition. A second victim has been identified as a 14-year-old, also of Sterling. His condition is reported as stable.
Whiteside County jury on Friday convicts Steven W. Coleman of murder, four arson-related charges in 2020 Sterling apartment fire that left three dead.
The community is rallying around two young boys who’s parents, a Rochelle married couple, were killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County earlier this week. A GoFundMe also has been set up.
Testing identified West Nile Virus in mosquitoes near Morrison over a month earlier than in 2023.
The storm systems that swept across northern Illinois Monday evening spawned at least two tornadoes in the Sauk Valley.
Ogle County jury found Matthew Plote guilty in June of killing Melissa Lamesch and their full-term unborn son in November 2020
Update: A married couple from Rochelle was killed and multiple others injured in a five-car pileup on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County Tuesday, when a box truck crashed into another car, prompting a chain reaction of collisions, authorities said.
Prosecutors set their sights on proving the 2020 fire that killed three people in Sterling was an act of arson. Meanwhile, the defense worked to prove to the jury that even though the defendant Steven W. Coleman phone was found near the burning building, he didn't start the fire.
A Lee County man died following a single-vehicle crash Sunday north of Mendota.