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May 19, 2025
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Federal jury: Thomson prison inmate guilty of murder, hate crime in death of fellow inmate

Federal jury: Thomson prison inmate guilty of murder, hate crime in death of fellow inmate

Prosecutors said Brandon Simonson killed Matthew Phillips, a Jewish inmate, to become a member of a white supremacist antisemitic prison gang.

By Charlene Bielema●
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 pm CDT

Sterling man pleads guilty, sentenced to 40 years for fatal 2024 CGH parking lot stabbing

Sterling man pleads guilty, sentenced to 40 years for fatal 2024 CGH parking lot stabbing

A Sterling man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to fatally stabbing a man found severely injured last August in a vehicle that crashed in the hospital parking lot.

By Charlene Bielema●
May 10, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT

Sheriff’s office: Dixon woman charged with drunken driving after 3-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 2

Sheriff’s office: Dixon woman charged with drunken driving after 3-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 2

Investigating deputies have determined that a 2013 GMC Acadia was traveling east on Route 2 at a high rate of speed when it struck an eastbound 2014 Ford Fusion. The Acadia then crossed the median and collided with a westbound 2012 Dodge Charger.

By Charlene Bielema●
May 05, 2025 at 3:40 pm CDT

Man caught trucking $2.5 million in cocaine through Whiteside County sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

Man caught trucking $2.5 million in cocaine through Whiteside County sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

Ronald Coleman admitted earlier this year that he was driving a semi-truck and trailer carrying over 91 kilograms of cocaine on I-88 in Whiteside County in 2023 while on his way to a warehouse in Chicago, where he was to exchange the cocaine for cash.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 28, 2025 at 3:21 pm CDT

Rock Falls man sent to prison for 7 years on sex assault charge

Rock Falls man sent to prison for 7 years on sex assault charge

Kristophur Johnson was charged June 4, 2024, with sex assault as well as one count of aggravated battery accusing him of pushing a woman to the ground in the 18000 block of Blue Goose Road in rural Morrison and one count of unlawful restraint.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 am CDT

Valentine’s Day stabbing trial to begin May 13

Valentine’s Day stabbing trial to begin May 13

Kyle Cooper, 36, is accused of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery in connection with the Feb. 14 stabbing death of Daniel Gordon, 27, outside of a Rock Falls residence.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 25, 2025 at 5:15 am CDT

Former Carroll County deputy pleads not guilty to reckless homicide, destroying evidence in teenager’s death

Former Carroll County deputy pleads not guilty to reckless homicide, destroying evidence in teenager’s death

Matthew Herpstreith is accused of running over 18-year-old Jackson Kradle on state Route 78 in July 2024 and then trying to cover up any involvement he had in causing the death.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 23, 2025 at 3:29 pm CDT

Whiteside County judge hands down maximum 15-year sentence in Sterling attempted sex assault case

Whiteside County judge hands down maximum 15-year sentence in Sterling attempted sex assault case

Whiteside County Judge James Heuerman then went one step further by ordering 22-year-old LeAndrew Adams to serve the 15 years consecutively to a 3-year sentence he was given for throwing toilet water at officers in November 2023 while being held in jail for the sex assault case.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 21, 2025 at 6:24 pm CDT

Sterling woman fined in cat hoarding, neglect cases

Sterling woman fined in cat hoarding, neglect cases

A Sterling woman has been fined a combined $3,400 in two separate animal neglect cases in which she was charged with hoarding and neglecting cats.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 21, 2025 at 3:05 pm CDT

Dixon man sentenced to 3 years in prison for beating woman in the face while she was driving

Dixon man sentenced to 3 years in prison for beating woman in the face while she was driving

Derrick Flynn, 42, pleaded guilty Monday, April 14, 2025, in Lee County Circuit Court to aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection with an August 2023 fight in which he lacerated a woman's face and chipped and dislodged her teeth.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 17, 2025 at 4:06 pm CDT
Sterling man accused of 5 no-contact order violations in past month now jailed on weapons charges

Sterling man accused of 5 no-contact order violations in past month now jailed on weapons charges

Brett A. Holcomb, 35, was arrested by Sterling police shortly after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, in the 1500 block of West Fourth Street and taken to the Whiteside County Jail, where he remained jailed Thursday.

By Charlene Bielema●
April 17, 2025 at 11:55 am CDT
Dixon man sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling meth

Dixon man sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling meth

James L. Ballard’s plea comes less than two months after the state appellate court upheld a Lee County Circuit Court decision to keep Ballard in jail under the Pretrial Fairness Act, known as the SAFE-T Act

By Charlene Bielema●
April 08, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

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