An Ogle County judge set a Feb. 17 trial for an animal rights activist accused of falsely reporting a shooting at a rodeo near Rochelle

A Sterling man being held in the Whiteside County Jail on a 2022 arson and home invasion case now faces additional charges that accuse him of assaulting a jailer.

Andrew W. Knapp was taken into custody on Thursday when the Illinois State Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team executed a search warrant at a Sterling residence, according to a news release

More than three years after he was charged with aggravated battery, the case of a Rock Falls man accused of beating a neighbor so badly that he died almost three weeks later will go to trial Dec. 2, 2025.

A Prophetstown man has pleaded not guilty to driving while high on drugs and causing a two-vehicle crash that left another man dead last May

Police allege a woman had a large, bleeding bump on her head and red marks around her neck, indicating she had been choked, as a result of a Nov. 8 beating

A Dixon man has been charged with multiple weapons offenses after he made threatening video calls while brandishing a firearm, according to Dixon police

The widow of Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos, who was killed in the line of duty, testified at the Whiteside County Courthouse on Wednesday, telling a 12-member jury how her husband’s death has affected her and their two young daughters

Memories of Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos’ life were displayed on a projection screen for a Whiteside County jury Monday during the sixth day of a civil trial to decide if Rock Falls fire officials are to blame for Ramos’ December 2021 line-of-duty death