A Rock Falls woman has been sentenced to 2 years of probation after pleading guilty to one count each of battery and felony criminal trespass to a residence.

An autopsy Tuesday morning confirmed the identity of the victim, who resided at the Emerson home.

One dead following Sunday house fire in rural Sterling.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty in Lee County to felony criminal sexual assault using force.

Brandon S. Miller pleaded guilty to threatening a conservation police officer in the Ogle County case. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of game, multiple violations, in Lee County.

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a group discharge for 261,000 borrowers with loans from Ashford University. Largely an online institution, Ashford had a campus in Clinton, Iowa, that was formerly the home of Mount St. Clare College.

Kohl’s has announced it is closing 27 under-performing locations in 15 states by April.

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.

Pilot had left the two-seat plane after landing it.