Lee County Sheriff's Office

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Rock Island and Bloody Gulch roads.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office joined forces with the Illinois State Police, local law enforcement and highway safety partners for the enforcement effort.

A Sterling felon convicted less than a year ago of threatening over social media to kill two Reagan Middle School students is facing new drug charges in Whiteside County.

Since 2016, Vested Interest in K9s has donated over $392,459 to medical reimbursement programs for self-funded K9 units.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies to step up enforcement efforts across the state in recognition of Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

After looking at the evidence, the Lee County state’s attorney opted to charge an Earlville parolee accused of stealing a vehicle in rural Dixon with three felonies, not the four the sheriff’s office thought he would be charged with.

An Earlville man wanted for absconding while on parole on a three-year DUI sentence out of DeKalb County – and who also has a pending felony DUI case in Lee County – was arrested Sunday in Dixon in a stolen vehicle, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

An 18-year-old Dixon man accused of robbing Casey’s early Wednesday while masked and displaying a handgun was arrested about an hour later carrying “a very realistic looking Glock BB gun,” police said in a news release.

A 42-year-old Custer Park woman was charged Friday in Lee County Court in the hit-and-run death of a Rock Falls man, killed Dec. 4 near Walton as he was walking, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.

A semi from Mexico hauling a load of Hamburger Helper it picked up at Crest Foods in Ashton got hung up on the icy tracks at a crossing east of Franklin Grove and was struck by a Union Pacific train, sending boxes of “America’s favorite one-pan meal” spilling in the snow.

Lee County: If you have to travel today, make sure you are prepared to be in your vehicle for several hours.

Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.

A six-hour armed standoff ended peacefully Sunday afternoon after officers tossed tear gas into the hotel room where the suspect was holed up, and he surrendered, Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan said.

A six-hour armed standoff ended Sunday after officers tossed tear gas into the hotel room where the suspect was holed up, and he surrendered, the Lee County sheriff said.

Dixon, Lee County and Polo officers treat kids to a day of Christmas shopping Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dixon.