Chadwick

In Lee, Whiteside and Ogle and Carroll counties, at least 11 court cases involving the deaths of 15 people, one a full-term unborn baby, are working their way through the courts.

An 89-year-old Chadwick man was killed and another driver injured Thursday in a collision about five miles south of Mount Carroll.

On the eve of his trial for attempted murder, a Morrison man who shot two people in 2019 pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge.

Jeramie M. House, whose attempted murder trial is set to begin Oct. 31, was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated battery. Investigators said he punched a jail worker in the head or face, knocking him to the ground.

As the trial of a Morrison man accused of shooting two people in 2019 nears, two women who investigators say were his accomplices now also are charged with attempted murder.

Two teens who suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision Sunday on state Route 40 at Genesee Road are still in critical condition, Sheriff John Booker said Wednesday.

A Chadwick driver charged with traffic offenses after hitting and killing a Mount Carrol woman now also is facing felony aggravated DUI and reckless homicide charges.

Two teens were taken to a regional hospital Sunday with ”life-threatening injuries” after a two-vehicle crash Sunday at state Route 40 and Genesee Road south of Milledgeville, the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release Monday.

Services are set for the Mount Carroll woman killed Saturday in a vehicle collision with a Chadwick man.

A 59-year-old Mount Carroll woman was killed Saturday in a collision with a 21-year-old Chadwick man, the Carroll County Sheriff’s office said.

The American Red Cross is announcing an urgent need for blood, and Sauk Valley residents have several opportunities to roll up their sleeves and help.

Painting, archery, wagon ride, petting zoo, BB gun range, a fire truck, gun safety, beginner shotgun, intermediate shotgun are the scheduled activities.

Sixteen Sauk Valley-area school districts and the Whiteside Area Career Center are recipients of some of the $30 million in Illinois State Board of Education school maintenance grants.

Carroll County Transit officials have decided on a location for the agency’s new garage

Carroll County Transit will be building its new garage on donated land.