Multiple school districts in DeKalb County have announced closures effective Tuesday due to bitter cold temperatures expected to bring windchills well below zero.

Firefighters discovered a body Monday at the scene of a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in rural Sterling, Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker has confirmed.

DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas said Monday it’s not the job of local police to enforce federal immigration law, issuing a statement on city policy hours after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Trump has promised mass deportation arrests in Chicago this week.

Sterling and Rock Falls firefighters and CGH EMS were called to 5500 Mill Street in Emerson around 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, for a reported structure fire with flames and smoke visible.

Police activity Friday morning at Jacobs High School in Algonquin was the result of a “false lockdown.”

A man found Thursday in the Illinois River near Spring Valley after a passerby saw him jump from the ledge of the Route 89 bridge died after arriving to the hospital.

A winning Illinois Lottery ticket worth $500,000 was sold at the International House of Wine and Cheese in Richmond, even if the owner said it might not seem like a typical lottery retailer.

Blessing J. Aoci was abducted around 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, near the intersection of 14th 1/2 Street and 13th Avenue, Rock Island, according to Rock Island police.

The Big Lots in Peru will be closing possibly by the end of February.