Whiteside news
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.
Here is a list of property transfers for Whiteside, Lee and Ogle counties filed March 22-29.
University of Illinois Extension and Sinnissippi Centers will host a Youth Mental Health First Aid workshop April 10, 2024, at the Whiteside Extension Office in Sterling. The workshop will run from noon to 5 p.m.
An Erie man who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl is facing more child sex assault charges in Whiteside County.
Sterling Township, the University of Illinois Extension, Whiteside County Master Gardeners, Sterling Gardens and CGH Health Foundation are coordinating to offer township residents space to participate in a community garden for the second year in a row.
Lee County: If you have to travel today, make sure you are prepared to be in your vehicle for several hours.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois Department of Public Health announce Illinois has awarded $3.5 million in funding to 19 applicants across the state to support post-pandemic child and adolescent health.
Law enforcement in Lee and Whiteside counties are looking for whomever tried to break into teller machines at two banks in the early morning hours on Sunday.
Ticket revenue from the concert and donations will be the initial investment in Centennial Auditorium’s second-generation fundraising campaign.
Heat indexes forecasted to continue to rise on Thursday
Drought spreading across Illinois on the verge of stressing farmers’ crops with no relief in sight.
The Carroll-Lee-Whiteside University of Illinois-Extension recently announced its upcoming schedule of events and programs for the spring.
Three free grab-and-go meals will be provided to all participating children and teenagers.
Cooperative serves 3,000 families in eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
United Way of Whiteside County is looking to downsize.
Two of the Sauk Valley’s largest school districts – and apparently, most others – are making mask-wearing optional in the wake of a temporary restraining order issued Friday by a Sangamon County Circuit Court judge that nullifies Gov. JB Pritzker’s emergency provision issued in A
First-time and faster, more reliable internet service is coming to underserved areas of Whiteside and Carroll counties, thanks to about $10.3 million in state Rebuild Illinois funds awarded to three area providers.
A Sterling pedestrian is dead and an officer injured after a drunken driver struck both men on the First Avenue Bridge just south of Wallace Street Sunday morning, police said.
4-H to offer creative writing club for Carroll, Whiteside and Lee counties.
Hauptman, who retired Dec. 4, 2016, from the 14th Judicial Circuit Court, will fill the seat now held by Justice Vicki R. Wright, also a Whiteside County Court alumnus, who is retiring on Nov. 30.
After a five-year absence from the bench, former Whiteside County Circuit Court Judge John L. Hauptman is coming out of retirement to take a position with the Third District Appellate Court.
Check out the Sauk Valley area trick or treat hours for 2021
A State Police trooper “inadvertently” shot a Whiteside County deputy in the left foot Monday during an attempt to locate two suspects, Sheriff John Booker said in a news release this morning.
IDOT advises of its bridge repair projects in Whiteside, Carroll counties
Former Sterling attorney Michael A. Lancaster, who is charged with raping two clients in his office in 2019, now is being sued by one of them for malpractice, while his law firm and former partner are being sued for negligence.
Sterling graduate receives scholarship from endowment that provides substantial scholarships for the graduate education of students in arts, humanities and social sciences.
Driver accused of having one or more drugs in his system
Semi driver and passenger, both of Dixon, are uninjured
Clinic schedule to give students 12 and older time to get two Pfizer shots and be considered fully vaccinated before school starts
Comedy will be presented in the outdoor theater
Right-hand man Chris Tennyson tapped to head Lee-Ogle-Whiteside ROE
Schroeder's angry family members protest the delay
Sheriff: Man was mowing Monday near the riverbank; mower found in the water