The offenses are alleged to have occurred from July 7 to 13, 2025, according to Ogle County court records.

An Ogle County judge denied a defense attorney’s motion Wednesday to dismiss charges against a Chicago woman, and refuted arguments that they were filed in retaliation for ongoing controversy related to a rodeo near Rochelle.

Duane "DC" Meyer was found guilty in January of murdering his ex-wife and their 3-year-old son in 2016 in their Byron home

A Forreston woman was killed in a Wednesday morning crash in rural Forreston, an Ogle County Sheriff’s Office news release said.

Joshua Anderson pleaded not guilty to all the charges and maintained throughout numerous court hearings that he had a medical marijuana card and was only growing the plants for his own use.

Caleb Esterday, 19, is charged with possessing and disseminating child pornography.

Zachary J. Popp, 31, received concurrent sentences for the felony offenses of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and possession of cocaine, both from a Dec. 20, 2025, incident.

The attorney for an Oregon man charged with recklessly firing a gun during an April 7 incident involving two utility workers told an Ogle County judge last week that her client fired the shots into the ground only to “scare off” the men because he thought they might be burglars.

A Creston woman who was sentenced in March to five years in prison for causing a 2022 fatal crash that claimed the life of an Addison man has filed motions to withdraw her guilty plea and have her sentence reconsidered.