Whiteside County Sheriff

The name of the driver killed early Saturday in a crash on U.S. Route 40 north of Sterling won’t be released until his identity can be confirmed by DNA results, Sheriff John Booker said.

A driver is dead after his vehicle caught fire after crashing into a tree on state Route 40/Pennington Road just north of Fulfs Road, by Oak Knoll cemetery in rural Sterling.

Dixon,Rock Falls, and Whiteside County law enforcement will be sitting on rooftops Friday, raising money for Special Olympics.

A call reporting a woman lost in the Rock River near Lawrence Park in Sterling was a false alarm, Sheriff John Booker said.

A Thomson woman pleaded not guilty to failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident in a collision Dec. 25 that took the life of a pedestrian near Fulton.

The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help locating a Sterling man wanted for felony theft.

The family and girlfriend of a man killed a little over a year ago during a police chase in Rock Falls is suing the city and the two officers involved in his death.

This partnership helps bridge the gap and ease the transition from SVCC to Augustana where students will complete their bachelor’s degree, according to the college.

A former Rock Falls man arrested Monday after a standoff with police was wanted on charges filed in July accusing him of being a felon in possession of a firearm, reckless discharge of firearm and assault.

Whiteside County, Rock Falls, Sterling and the Illinois State Police responded to an individual who barricaded himself into a house on Walnut Street in Yeowardsville, Monday.

Douglas Strehlow, whose BAC was nearly three times the legal limit when he hit a car in August 2017, causing the death of the driver three days later, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Whiteside County Court.

A 60-year-old Morrison motorcyclist was identified Friday as the man who died after a crash around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of Crosby Road.

Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker won his second term in office Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger and Tampico Chief of Police Mike Lewis.

Whiteside County sheriff John Booker and candidate Mike Lewis gather with friends, family and supporters to watch Tuesday's election results.

Two longtime local law officers are duking it out Tuesday for sheriff of Whiteside County: incumbent Democrat John F. Booker, 55, of Sterling, and Tampico Chief of Police Mike Lewis, 51, of Rock Falls, a Republican.