The driver of a semitractor-trailer charged with improper passing in the death of a tractor driver in Rock Falls is scheduled to appear in Whiteside County traffic court in Sterling on May 13.

A former Savanna woman, who pleaded guilty March 1 to harassing a Black witness accusing her of hate crimes, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, April 26, after losing a bid to withdraw her guilty plea and proceed to a jury trial.

The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

A Fulton woman who threatened a Walmart worker with a gun after she got caught shoplifting in the self-checkout lane at the Sterling store was sentenced to five years in prison.

A former Savanna woman who, along with her adult son, is the subject of the state’s first civil hate-crime suit, pleaded guilty in Carroll County court to harassing her Black neighbor.

A former Savanna man who, along with his mother, is the subject of the state’s first civil hate-crime suit, was found not guilty Thursday at a bench trial on a related criminal misdemeanor charge.

A 23-year-old Savanna fetanyl dealer already serving time in Iowa and convicted of dealing in Illinois is charged in Carroll County court with drug-induced homicide in the 2022 death of a 28-year-old Thomson woman, the Illinois State Police said.

Sentencing remains set for 3 p.m. Monday for a 73-year-old Prophetstown man who tried to burn down a future reproductive health clinic in Danville where he said abortions will be performed.

A 19-year-old Milledgeville man accused of driving while under the influence of drugs and using an electronic communications device when he crashed into a motorcycle, killing its two riders, pleaded not guilty in Carroll County court to six felony counts.