Woman was charged Dec. 1, 2023, with one count of arson, accused of setting a car on fire in Rock Falls.
A Lyndon man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to domestic battery and a weapons charge.
After a hearing to determine whether a Freeport man’s right to a speedy trial was violated and if the case should be dismissed as a result, a Whiteside County judge ruled Friday that he will stand trial on multiple sex offenses next week.
Jason E. Johnson, 52, was sentenced in Lee County Circuit Court to 60 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and a consecutive 7-year prison sentence for aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Precautionary measure lifted after investigation finds no threat to area.
The Trump administration sued Chicago and the state of Illinois on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” federal efforts to enforce immigration laws
Prosecutors say Malakye Swanson threatened to "shoot up" Byron High School in November 2024.
The women were accused of entering a home in the 800 block of West Seventh Street in Sterling, punching a man in the face and pulling a woman's hair.
An Illinois state senator has formally requested the Illinois State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor’s Office step up its case review into the death of a Carroll County teen whose body was found on a highway near Mount Carroll last summer.